Predictors of mortality for hospitalized young adults aged less than 60 years old with severe COVID-19: a retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To analyze the clinical characteristics and predictors for mortality of adult younger than 60 years old with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Methods

We retrospectively retrieved data for 152 severe inpatients with COVID-19 including 60 young patients in the Eastern Campus of Wuhan University affiliated Renmin Hospital in Wuhan, China, from January 31, 2020 to February 20, 2020. We recorded and analyzed patients' demographic, clinical, laboratory, and chest CT findings, treatment and outcomes data.

Results

Of those 60 severe young patients, 15 (25%) were died. Male was more predominant in deceased young patients (12, 80%) than that in recovered young patients (22, 49%). Hypertension was more common among deceased young patients (8, 53%) than that

SUBMITTER: Liu Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8264719 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature