One-year mortality in COVID-19 is associated with patients' comorbidities rather than pneumonia severity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In patients with pneumonia or acute respiratory distress syndrome who survived hospitalization, one-year mortality can affect up to one third of discharged patients. Therefore, significant long-term mortality after COVID-19 respiratory failure could be expected. The primary outcome of the present study was one-year all-cause mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

Methods

Observational study of COVID-19 patients hospitalized at Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital (Bergamo, Italy), during the first pandemic wave.

Results

A total of 1326 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized. Overall one-year mortality was 33.6% (N 446/1326), with the majority of deaths occurring during hospitalization (N=412, 92.4%). Thirty-four patients amongst the 914 discharged (3.7%) subsequ

SUBMITTER: Novelli L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9691276 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature