Clinical and Demographic Characteristics of COVID-19 Patients Admitted in a Tertiary Care Hospital in the Dominican Republic
| Autor: | Katherine Ada Diaz Gomez, Brinia Cabrera, Nicolas Batlle, Osvaldo Tavarez, Lissa Maria Cruz, José Javier Sánchez, Yori Roque, David de Luna, Rossy Belliard, Miguelina Jaquez |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Mechanical ventilation
medicine.medical_specialty Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) business.industry Mortality rate Medical record medicine.medical_treatment Tertiary care hospital medicine.disease Intensive care unit law.invention law Viral pneumonia Diabetes mellitus Emergency medicine medicine business |
| DOI: | 10.1101/2020.12.11.20247437 |
| Popis: | To present clinical and demographic characteristics of COVID-19 patients admitted to Hospital Metropolitano de Santiago in Dominican Republic, we analyzed electronic medical records of all hospitalized patients clinically admitted as viral pneumonia through March - April, 2020. Of 374 patients, 150 (40.1%) laboratory confirmed, were included in this study. Most of the patients were men (104 / 69.3%) with a median (IQR 44 - 66) age of 54. Hypertension (83 / 55.3%) and diabetes mellitus (49 / 32.7%) were the most common comorbidities, whereas fever (120 / 80%), cough (79 / 52.7%) and fatigue (60 / 40%) were the most common presenting symptoms. 28 (18.7%) patients required admission to the intensive care unit, of them, 26 patients (17.3%) required mechanical ventilation. The overall mortality rate was 10.7% Higher levels of inflammatory markers were associated with longer length of stay (LOS). This findings indulge information that could contribute to stratify patients at higher risk of complications. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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