Severe COVID-19 Outcomes in Five Latin American Countries in the Postvaccination Era.

ABSTRACT: We conducted a multicountry retrospective study using data from COVID-19 national surveillance databases to analyze clinical profiles, hospitalization rates, intensive care unit (ICU) admissions, utilization of ventilatory support, and mortality rates in five Latin American countries in the context of COVID-19 vaccination implementation. We analyzed the sociodemographic characteristics, comorbidities, clinical outcomes, and vaccination status of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases from January 2021 to December 2022. We calculated the yearly and quarterly hospitalization rates per 1000 confirmed COVID-19 cases and ICU admissions, use of mechanical ventilators, and mortality rates per 1000 hospitalized cases, with their corresponding 95% confidence interval (CI) of 38,209,397 confirmed COVID

SUBMITTER: Silva Julian G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11281361 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature