Clinical Profiles and Mortality of COVID-19 Inpatients with Parkinson's Disease in Germany.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Comprehensive, nationwide data regarding Parkinson's disease (PD) hospitalizations, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in-hospital frequency, and COVID-19-associated inpatient mortality during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic are not available.

Objective

To provide a nationwide analysis on hospitalized PD patients in Germany and evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study using an administrative claims database covering 1468 hospitals and 5,210,432 patient hospitalizations including a total of 30,872 COVID-19⁺ cases between January 16 and May 15, 2020.

Results

Compared to 2019, hospitalizations for PD transiently decreased by up to 72.7% in 2020. COVID-19 frequency was significantly hi

SUBMITTER: Scherbaum R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8207013 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature