Risk factors for developing into critical COVID-19 patients in Wuhan, China: A multicenter, retrospective, cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The ferocious global assault of COVID-19 continues. Critically ill patients witnessed significantly higher mortality than severe and moderate ones. Herein, we aim to comprehensively delineate clinical features of COVID-19 and explore risk factors of developing critical disease.

Methods

This is a Mini-national multicenter, retrospective, cohort study involving 2,387 consecutive COVID-19 inpatients that underwent discharge or death between January 27 and March 21, 2020. After quality control, 2,044 COVID-19 inpatients were enrolled. Electronic medical records were collected to identify the risk factors of developing critical COVID-19.

Findings

The severity of COVID-19 climbed up straightly with age. Critical group was characterized by higher proportion of dys

SUBMITTER: Liu D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7391125 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature