Factors associated with hospital admission and critical illness among 5279 people with coronavirus disease 2019 in New York City: prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe outcomes of people admitted to hospital with coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) in the United States, and the clinical and laboratory characteristics associated with severity of illness.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

Single academic medical center in New York City and Long Island.

Participants

5279 patients with laboratory confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2) infection between 1 March 2020 and 8 April 2020. The final date of follow up was 5 May 2020.

Main outcome measures

Outcomes were admission to hospital, critical illness (intensive care, mechanical ventilation, discharge to hospice care, or death), and discharge to hospice care or death. Predictors included patient characteristics, m

SUBMITTER: Petrilli CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7243801 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature