COVID-19 patients in a tertiary US hospital: Assessment of clinical course and predictors of the disease severity.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Patients with severe COVID-19 can develop ventilator-dependent acute hypoxic respiratory failure (VDAHRF), which is associated with a higher mortality rate. We evaluated the clinical course of hospitalized COVID-19 patients and compared them with the patients who received invasive mechanical ventilation. Characteristics of intubated patients who were successfully weaned from the ventilator were compared with the patients who failed to be extubated or died in the hospital.

Objective

To investigate the clinical course of hospitalized COVID-19 patients, and assess the possible predictors of the disease severity leading to VDAHRF.

Methods

This is a single-center, retrospective study. The first 129 patients (18 years or older) with COVID-19 admitted to Monmout

SUBMITTER: Mughal MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7455149 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature