Fatality and risk features for prognosis in COVID-19 according to the care approach - a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study analyzed the impact of a categorized approach, based on patients' prognosis, on major outcomes and explanators in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 pneumonia in an academic center in Spain.

Methods

Retrospective cohort study (March 3 to May 2, 2020). Patients were categorized according to the followed clinical management, as maximum care or limited therapeutic effort (LTE). Main outcomes were all-cause mortality and need for invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV). Baseline factors associated with outcomes were analyzed by multiple logistic regression, estimating odds ratios (OR; 95%CI).

Results

Thirty-hundred and six patients were hospitalized, median age 65.0 years, 57.8% males, 53.3% Charlson index ≥3. The overall all-cause fatality rate was

SUBMITTER: Andres M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7987197 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature