In-hospital mortality among immunosuppressed patients with COVID-19: Analysis from a national cohort in Spain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Whether immunosuppressed (IS) patients have a worse prognosis of COVID-19 compared to non-IS patients is not known. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical characteristics and outcome of IS patients hospitalized with COVID-19 compared to non-IS patients.

Methods

We designed a retrospective cohort study. We included all patients hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 from the SEMI-COVID-19 Registry, a large multicentre national cohort in Spain, from March 27th until June 19th, 2020. We used multivariable logistic regression to assess the adjusted odds ratios (aOR) of in-hospital death among IS compared to non-IS patients.

Results

Among 13 206 included patients, 2 111 (16.0%) were IS. A total of 166 (1.3%) patients had solid organ (SO) tra

SUBMITTER: Suarez-Garcia I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8330927 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature