Clinical Risk Factors for Mortality Among Critically Ill Mexican Patients With COVID-19.

ABSTRACT: Little literature exists about critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from Latin America. Here, we aimed to describe the clinical characteristics and mortality risk factors in mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients from Mexico. For this purpose, we recruited 67 consecutive mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients which were grouped according to their clinical outcome (survival vs. death). Clinical risk factors for mortality were identified by machine-learning and logistic regression models. The median age of participants was 42 years and 65% were men. The most common comorbidity observed was obesity (49.2%). Fever was the most frequent symptom of illness (88%), followed by dyspnea (84%). Multilobe ground-glass opacities were observed in 76% of patients by thor

SUBMITTER: Hernandez-Cardenas CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8429783 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature