Characteristics and Outcomes by Ceiling of Care of Subjects Hospitalized with COVID-19 During Four Waves of the Pandemic in a Metropolitan Area: A Multicenter Cohort Study

Introduction The profiles of patients with COVID-19 have been widely studied, but little is known about differences in baseline characteristics and in outcomes between subjects with a ceiling of care assigned at hospital admission and subjects without a ceiling of care. The aim of this study is to compare, by ceiling of care, clinical features and outcomes of hospitalized subjects during four waves of COVID-19 in a metropolitan area in Catalonia. Methods Observational study conducted during the first (March–April 2020), second (October–November 2020), third (January–February 2021), and fourth wave (July–August 2021) of COVID-19 in five centers of Catalonia. All subjects were adults (> 18 years old) hospitalized with a proven SARS-CoV-2 infection and with therapeutic ceiling of care assessed by the attending physician at hospital admission. Results A total of 5813 subjects were analyzed. Subjects with a ceiling of care were mainly older (difference in median age of 20 years), with more comorbidities (Charlson index 3 points higher) and with fewer clinical signs at baseline than patients without a ceiling of care. Some features of their clinical profiles changed among waves. There were differences in treatments received during hospital admission across waves, but not between subjects with and without a ceiling of care. Subjects with a ceiling of care had a death incidence more than four times the death incidence of subjects a without a ceiling of care (risk ratio (RR) ranging from 3.5 in the first wave to almost 6 in the third and fourth). Incidence of severe pneumonia and complications for subjects with a ceiling of care was around 1.5 times the incidence in subjects without a ceiling of care. Discussion Analysis of hospitalized subjects with SARS-CoV-2 infection should be stratified according to therapeutic ceiling of care to avoid bias and outcome misestimation..

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

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2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

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Infectious diseases and therapy - 12(2022), 1 vom: 10. Dez., Seite 273-289

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Englisch

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Pallarès, Natàlia [VerfasserIn]
Tebé, Cristian [VerfasserIn]
Abelenda-Alonso, Gabriela [VerfasserIn]
Rombauts, Alexander [VerfasserIn]
Oriol, Isabel [VerfasserIn]
Simonetti, Antonella F. [VerfasserIn]
Rodríguez-Molinero, Alejandro [VerfasserIn]
Izquierdo, Elisenda [VerfasserIn]
Díaz-Brito, Vicens [VerfasserIn]
Molist, Gemma [VerfasserIn]
Gómez Melis, Guadalupe [VerfasserIn]
Carratalà, Jordi [VerfasserIn]
Videla, Sebastián [VerfasserIn]

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COVID-19
Cohort studies
Real-world data
Therapeutic ceiling of care

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© The Author(s) 2022

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10.1007/s40121-022-00705-w

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OLC2133502440