{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["47(2)"],"submitter":["Samuels S"],"pubmed_abstract":["Nationally, the 18-49 years old age group are less likely to be vaccinated compared to those 50 years and older. Data describing the risk of COVID-19 severe illness that requires hospitalization among younger healthy adults is limited. In an effort to underscore the importance of vaccination and provide data that may influence COVID-19 risk perception, COVID-19 data of a sample of hospitalized non-elderly age group who clinically may not be considered as high risk for severe COVID-19 illness are presented. Specifically, this retrospective chart review (spanning the period of March 2020 to September 2021) provides a descriptive analysis examining the characteristics, vaccination status and outcomes of adults who were hospitalized at Memorial Healthcare System with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19. The study's data focuses on non-pregnant adults, aged 18-49 years old, without underlying conditions and with no reported history of smoking. As a sub-analysis, data on young and otherwise healthy pregnant females who were hospitalized with COVID-19, as well as data stratified by the pre-Delta and Delta variant dominant period are also presented. There was a total of 482 young and otherwise healthy non-pregnant adults who were hospitalized with COVID-19. Overall, more than 13% of our study population had severe COVID-19 disease. Further, a higher proportion of unvaccinated patients had severe COVID-19 compared to those who received at least one dose of the vaccine. All ventilator or ECMO placements, 30-day readmissions and deaths occurred among unvaccinated patients."],"journal":["Journal of community health"],"pagination":["371-377"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8778501"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Characteristics, Vaccination Status and Outcomes Among Healthy Younger Adults in a Large Public Healthcare System in the South Florida Region."],"pmcid":["PMC8778501"],"pubmed_authors":["Eckardt P","Sareli A","Niu J","Sareli C","Samuels S"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Characteristics, Vaccination Status and Outcomes Among Healthy Younger Adults in a Large Public Healthcare System in the South Florida Region.","description":"Nationally, the 18-49 years old age group are less likely to be vaccinated compared to those 50 years and older. Data describing the risk of COVID-19 severe illness that requires hospitalization among younger healthy adults is limited. In an effort to underscore the importance of vaccination and provide data that may influence COVID-19 risk perception, COVID-19 data of a sample of hospitalized non-elderly age group who clinically may not be considered as high risk for severe COVID-19 illness are presented. Specifically, this retrospective chart review (spanning the period of March 2020 to September 2021) provides a descriptive analysis examining the characteristics, vaccination status and outcomes of adults who were hospitalized at Memorial Healthcare System with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19. The study's data focuses on non-pregnant adults, aged 18-49 years old, without underlying conditions and with no reported history of smoking. As a sub-analysis, data on young and otherwise healthy pregnant females who were hospitalized with COVID-19, as well as data stratified by the pre-Delta and Delta variant dominant period are also presented. There was a total of 482 young and otherwise healthy non-pregnant adults who were hospitalized with COVID-19. Overall, more than 13% of our study population had severe COVID-19 disease. Further, a higher proportion of unvaccinated patients had severe COVID-19 compared to those who received at least one dose of the vaccine. All ventilator or ECMO placements, 30-day readmissions and deaths occurred among unvaccinated patients.","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Apr","modification":"2024-11-19T19:36:37.904Z","creation":"2022-02-11T15:58:14.323Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8778501","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35061148"],"doi":["10.1007/s10900-022-01062-y"]}}