Low mortality of hospitalised patients with COVID-19 in a tertiary Danish hospital setting

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OBJECTIVES: We aimed to describe clinical characteristics and outcomes of admitted COVID-19 patients in a Danish hospital setting where an early active government intervention was taken.

METHODS: Prospective cohort study including all admitted patients to the COVID-19 unit at Odense University Hospital from March 10 to April 21, 2020. Patients were assessed by a multidisciplinary team at admission. Outcome parameters were development of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), intensive care unit (ICU) admission, death and admission time.

RESULTS: We included 83 patients (median age 62 years, 62.7% male). At hospitalization, 31.3% needed oxygen supplementation and the median National Early Warning Score was four. Median admission time was 7 days (Interquartile ranges (IQR) 3-12). In total, ARDS was diagnosed in 33.7% (28/83) of the patients corresponding to an incidence rate of 7.1 per 100 person days (95% CI: 4.1-10.2). Overall 13 patients (15.7%) were transferred to the ICU of whom 11 (84.6%) received corticosteroids.. No patients died while admitted to the ICU. Four patients (4.8%) died during admission.

CONCLUSION: Despite similar patient characteristics compared to those reported by others, we found a low overall mortality of < 5%.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:102

Enthalten in:

International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 102(2021) vom: 10. Jan., Seite 212-219

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Madsen, Lone Wulff [VerfasserIn]
Lindvig, Susan Olaf [VerfasserIn]
Rasmussen, Line Dahlerup [VerfasserIn]
Knudtzen, Fredrikke Christie [VerfasserIn]
Laursen, Christian B [VerfasserIn]
Øvrehus, Anne [VerfasserIn]
Nielsen, Stig Lønberg [VerfasserIn]
Johansen, Isik Somuncu [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Clinical
Demography
Epidemiology
Journal Article
Mortality
SARS-CoV-2

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 14.01.2021

Date Revised 12.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ijid.2020.10.018

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM316286346