The COVID-19 pandemic has not affected the mortality for patients admitted with pneumonia in Denmark.
Acute Med
; 22(1): 50-52, 2023.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2292536
ABSTRACT
During the COVID-19 pandemic, several hospital systems observed a reduction in patients with respiratory complaints. Using the Danish national registers, we conducted an observational study on disease severity and 30-day all-cause mortality for acutely admitted pneumonia patients before (3/19-3/20) and during (3/20-2/21) the pandemic. We calculated mortality rate ratios and Cox regression analyses. We identified 54,405 patients and during the pandemic, patients were older, more likely to be male, had more co-morbidity and a lower albumin on admission. Crude mortality was higher during the pandemic (8.4 vs. 6.9%). Adjusted hazard ratio for 30-day all-cause mortality was 1.07 (95%CI 1.01-1.14). We showed a small but significant, increase in mortality risk for patients admitted to hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Acute Med
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
AMJA.0934
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