First and Second Waves of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Madrid, Spain: Clinical Characteristics and Hematological Risk Factors Associated With Critical/Fatal Illness.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aims to determine similarities and differences in clinical characteristics between the patients from two waves of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 infection at the time of hospital admission, as well as to identify risk biomarkers of coronavirus disease 2019 severity.

Design

Retrospective observational study.

Setting

A single tertiary-care center in Madrid.

Patients

Coronavirus disease 2019 adult patients admitted to hospital from March 4, 2020, to March 25, 2020 (first infection wave), and during July 18, 2020, and August 20, 2020 (second infection wave).

Interventions

Treatment with a hospital-approved drug cocktail during hospitalization.

Measurements and main results

Demographic, clinical, and laboratory da

SUBMITTER: Mollinedo-Gajate I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7901790 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature