Does atrial fibrillation affect prognosis in hospitalised COVID-19 patients? A multicentre historical cohort study in the Netherlands.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this multicentre COVID-PREDICT study (a nationwide observational cohort study that aims to better understand clinical course of COVID-19 and to predict which COVID-19 patients should receive which treatment and which type of care) was to determine the association between atrial fibrillation (AF) and mortality, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, complications and discharge destination in hospitalised COVID-19 patients.

Setting

Data from a historical cohort study in eight hospitals (both academic and non-academic) in the Netherlands between January 2020 and July 2021 were used in this study.

Participants

3064 hospitalised COVID-19 patients >18 years old.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The primary outcome was the incidence of new-on

SUBMITTER: Spruit JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10729035 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature