Prevalence, Demographics, and Risk of Severe Acute COVID-19.
Cureus
; 13(10): e18851, 2021 Oct.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1485467
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Our goal was to assess the demographics, risk factors, and hospital admission and length of stay (LOS) among patients with acute COVID-19 and to identify whether age, smoking status, race, risk factors, and sex significantly affect the severity of illness according to hospitalization or admission to the intensive care unit (ICU). Severity was defined as admission to the hospital or ICU.METHODS:
This retrospective cohort chart review included patients who received care from March 13 to August 17, 2020, at a single academic medical center. Age, COVID-19 risk factors, sex, race, smoking history, and hospital LOS were analyzed with hospital admission and ICU admission. Categorical variables were summarized.RESULTS:
The chart review assessed 1,697 adult patients with various degrees of severity of COVID-19 illness 23 patients had been admitted to the hospital, and 7 had been admitted to the ICU. Older age and more COVID-19 risk factors, as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, were significantly associated with hospital admissions, and longer LOS was statistically associated with ICU admission.CONCLUSIONS:
Severe COVID-19 infection was associated with older age and more risk factors. Current smoking status, sex, and race were not significantly different between hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19 infection who were admitted to the ICU and those who were not admitted to the ICU.
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
Cureus
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Cureus.18851
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