Troponin and short-term mortality in hospitalised patients with COVID-19 infection: a retrospective study in an inner-city London hospital.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the association between troponin positivity in patients hospitalised with COVID-19 and increased mortality in the short term.

Setting

Homerton University Hospital, an inner-city district general hospital in East London.

Design

A single-centre retrospective observational study.

Participants

All adults admitted with swab-proven RT-PCR COVID-19 to Homerton University Hospital from 4 February 2020 to 30 April 2020 (n=402).

Outcome measures

We analysed demographic and biochemical data collected from the patient record according to the primary outcome of death at 28 days during hospital admission.

Methods

Troponin positivity was defined above the upper limit of normal according to our local laboratory assay (>15.5 ng/L for femal

SUBMITTER: Shyam-Sundar V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9412041 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature