Characteristics and Outcomes of US Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding COVID-19 epidemiology is crucial to clinical care and to clinical trial design and interpretation.

Objective

To describe characteristics, treatment, and outcomes among patients hospitalized with COVID-19 early in the pandemic.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study of consecutive adult patients with laboratory-confirmed, symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection admitted to 57 US hospitals from March 1 to April 1, 2020.

Results

Of 1480 inpatients with COVID-19, median (IQR) age was 62.0 (49.4-72.9) years, 649 (43.9%) were female, and 822 of 1338 (61.4%) were non-White or Hispanic/Latino. Intensive care unit admission occurred in 575 patients (38.9%), mostly within 4 days of hospital presentation. Respiratory failure affected 583 patients (39.4%),

SUBMITTER: Peltan ID 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8891038 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature