COVID-19-Hospitalized Patients in Karnataka: Survival and Stay Characteristics.
Indian J Public Health
; 64(Supplement): S221-S224, 2020 Jun.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-557407
ABSTRACT
The information on the clinical course of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and its correlates which are essential to assess the hospital care needs of the population are currently limited. We investigated the factors associated with hospital stay and death for COVID-19 patients for the entire state of Karnataka, India. A retrospective-cohort analysis was conducted on 445 COVID-19 patients that were reported in the publicly available media-bulletin from March 9, 2020, to April 23, 2020, for the Karnataka state. This fixed cohort was followed till 14 days (May 8, 2020) for definitive outcomes (death/discharge). The median length of hospital stay was 17 days (interquartile range 15-20) for COVID-19 patients. Having severe disease at the time of admission (adjusted-hazard-ratio 9.3 (3.2-27.3);P < 0.001) and being aged ≥ 60 years (adjusted-hazard-ratio 11.9 (3.5-40.6);P < 0.001) were the significant predictors of COVID-19 mortality. By moving beyond descriptive (which provide only crude information) to survival analyses, information on the local hospital-related characteristics will be crucial to model bed-occupancy demands for contingency planning during COVID-19 pandemic.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Coronavirus Infections
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Hospitalization
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Public Health
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Ijph.IJPH_486_20
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