Clinical characteristics and outcomes in women and men hospitalized for coronavirus disease 2019 in New Orleans.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Determine if sex differences exist in clinical characteristics and outcomes of adults hospitalized for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in a US healthcare system.

Design

Case series study.

Setting and participants

Sequentially hospitalized adults admitted for COVID-19 at two tertiary care academic hospitals in New Orleans, LA, between 27 February and 15 July 2020.

Measures and outcomes

Measures included demographics, comorbidities, presenting symptoms, and laboratory results. Outcomes included intensive care unit admission (ICU), invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV), and in-hospital death.

Results

We included 776 patients (median age 60.5 years; 61.4% women, 75% non-Hispanic Black). Rates of ICU, IMV, and death were similar in both sexes.

SUBMITTER: Yoshida Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7863061 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature