Prognostic factors in spanish COVID-19 patients: A case series from barcelona

ABSTRACT 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.Results We included 322 patients (mean age 56.7 years, 50% female, 115 (35.7%) aged ≥ 65 years). The best predictors of ICU admission or death were greater age, male sex (OR=2.99; 95%CI=1.55 to 6.01), fever (OR=2.18; 95%CI=1.06 to 4.80), dyspnoea(OR=2.22; 95%CI=1.14 to 4.24), low oxygen saturation (OR=2.94; 95%CI=1.34 to 6.42), auscultatory alterations (OR=2.21; 95%CI=1.00 to 5.29), heart disease (OR=4.37; 95%CI=1.68 to 11.13), autoimmune disease (OR=4.03; 95%CI=1.41 to 11.10), diabetes (OR=4.00; 95%CI=1.89 to 8.36), hypertension (OR=3.92; 95%CI=2.07 to 7.53), bilateral pulmonary infiltrates (OR=3.56; 95%CI=1.70 to 7.96), elevated lactate-dehydrogenase (OR=3.02; 95%CI=1.30 to 7.68), elevated C-reactive protein (OR=2.94; 95%CI=1.47 to 5.97), elevated D-dimer (OR=2.66; 95%CI=1.15 to 6.51) and low platelet count (OR=2.41; 95%CI=1.12 to 5.14). Myalgia or artralgia (OR=0.28; 95%CI=0.10 to 0.66), dysgeusia (OR=0.28; 95%CI=0.05 to 0.92) and anosmia (OR=0.23; 95%CI=0.04 to 0.75) were protective factors.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..

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Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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bioRxiv.org - (2021) vom: 24. März Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2021

Sprache:

Englisch

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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]
Plana, Noemí García [VerfasserIn]
Anguita-Guimet, August [VerfasserIn]
Benavent-Àreu, Jaume [VerfasserIn]

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10.1101/2020.06.18.20134510

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XBI018181244