Prognostic factors in Spanish COVID-19 patients : A case series from Barcelona

BACKGROUND: In addition to the lack of COVID-19 diagnostic tests for the whole Spanish population, the current strategy is to identify the disease early to limit contagion in the community.

AIM: To determine clinical factors of a poor prognosis in patients with COVID-19 infection.

DESIGN AND SETTING: Descriptive, observational, retrospective study in three primary healthcare centres with an assigned population of 100,000.

METHOD: Examination of the medical records of patients with COVID-19 infections confirmed by polymerase chain reaction. Logistic multivariate regression models adjusted for age and sex were constructed to analyse independent predictive factors associated with death, ICU admission and hospitalization.

RESULTS: We included 322 patients (mean age 56.7 years, 50% female, 115 (35.7%) aged ≥ 65 years): 123 (38.2) were health workers (doctors, nurses, auxiliaries). Predictors of ICU admission or death were greater age (OR = 1.05; 95%CI = 1.03 to 1.07), male sex (OR = 2.94; 95%CI = 1.55 to 5.82), autoimmune disease (OR = 2.82; 95%CI = 1.00 to 7.84), bilateral pulmonary infiltrates (OR = 2.86; 95%CI = 1.41 to 6.13), elevated lactate-dehydrogenase (OR = 2.85; 95%CI = 1.28 to 6.90), elevated D-dimer (OR = 2.85; 95%CI = 1.22 to 6.98) and elevated C-reactive protein (OR = 2.38; 95%CI = 1.22 to 4.68). Myalgia or arthralgia (OR = 0.31; 95%CI = 0.12 to 0.70) was protective factor against ICU admission and death. Predictors of hospitalization were chills (OR = 5.66; 95%CI = 1.68 to 23.49), fever (OR = 3.33; 95%CI = 1.89 to 5.96), dyspnoea (OR = 2.92; 95%CI = 1.62 to 5.42), depression (OR = 6.06; 95%CI = 1.54 to 40.42), lymphopenia (OR = 3.48; 95%CI = 1.67 to 7.40) and elevated C-reactive protein (OR = 3.27; 95%CI = 1.59 to 7.18). Anosmia (OR = 0.42; 95%CI = 0.19 to 0.90) was the only significant protective factor for hospitalization after adjusting for age and sex.

CONCLUSION: Determining the clinical, biological and radiological characteristics of patients with suspected COVID-19 infection will be key to early treatment and isolation and the tracing of contacts.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

PloS one - 15(2020), 8 vom: 21., Seite e0237960

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sisó-Almirall, Antoni [VerfasserIn]
Kostov, Belchin [VerfasserIn]
Mas-Heredia, Minerva [VerfasserIn]
Vilanova-Rotllan, Sergi [VerfasserIn]
Sequeira-Aymar, Ethel [VerfasserIn]
Sans-Corrales, Mireia [VerfasserIn]
Sant-Arderiu, Elisenda [VerfasserIn]
Cayuelas-Redondo, Laia [VerfasserIn]
Martínez-Pérez, Angela [VerfasserIn]
García-Plana, Noemí [VerfasserIn]
Anguita-Guimet, August [VerfasserIn]
Benavent-Àreu, Jaume [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Observational Study

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Date Completed 01.09.2020

Date Revised 18.12.2020

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1371/journal.pone.0237960

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NLM313961379