Clinical characteristics and outcomes of hospital-manifested COVID-19 among Brazilians.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To analyze the clinical characteristics and outcomes of admitted patients with the hospital- versus community-manifested COVID-19 and to evaluate the risk factors related to mortality in the first population.

Methods

This retrospective cohort included consecutive adult patients with COVID-19, hospitalized between March and September 2020. The demographic data, clinical characteristics, and outcomes were extracted from medical records. Patients with hospital-manifested COVID-19 (study group) and those with community-manifested COVID-19 (control group) were matched by the propensity score model. Logistic regression models were used to verify the risk factors for mortality in the study group.

Results

Among 7,710 hospitalized patients who had COVID-19, 7.2% dev

SUBMITTER: Delfino-Pereira P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9941311 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature