Severe and critical COVID-19 in a tertiary center in Colombia, a retrospective cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Colombia has been one of the Latin American countries seriously affected by the covid-19 pandemic. Risk factors for severe disease and death in COVID 19 have been described across the world. Here we report the outcomes, clinical characteristics and risk factors for invasive mechanical ventilation and in-hospital death in a tertiary center in Palmira, Colombia.

Methods

This was a retrospective cross-sectional study involving one single center in Palmira, Colombia. People hospitalized with severe and critical covid-19, during the first pandemic wave, were included. The clinical characteristics and risk factors for in-hospital mortality and invasive mechanical ventilation were mean to be stablished by using a logistic regression analysis.

Results

One hundred a

SUBMITTER: Arias Ramos D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8917827 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature