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Published on: November 10, 2023
Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of COVID-19 mortality: a retrospective study
Yaohua Hu1, You Lu2, Jiagui Dong1
1Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Naval Medical Center of People's Liberation Army, Shanghai, China.
Background:
The global impact of SARS-CoV-2 and its associated coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has necessitated urgent characterization of prognostic biomarkers. This study aimed to delineate the epidemiological and clinical predictors of mortality among hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
Methods:
A retrospective cohort study was conducted on 123 patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 admitted to Huoshenshan Hospital (Wuhan, China) from 1 February 2020 to 30 April 2020. Kaplan-Meier curve and multivariate Cox regression were used to assess the independent factors with survival time. Statistical significance was set at a p-value of <0.05.
Results:
The cohort exhibited a mortality rate of 49.6% (61/123), with the critical clinical type (HR = 7.970, p = 0.009), leukocytosis (HR = 3.408, p = 0.006), and lymphopenia (HR = 0.817, p = 0.038) emerging as independent predictors of reduced survival. Critical-type patients demonstrated significantly elevated inflammatory markers (neutrophils: 10.41 ± 6.23 × 109/L; CRP: 104.47 ± 29.18 mg/L) and coagulopathy (D-dimer: 5.21 ± 2.34 μg/ml) compared to non-critical cases. Deceased patients exhibited pronounced metabolic derangements, including hyperglycemia (9.81 ± 2.07 mmol/L) and hepatic dysfunction (ALP: 174.03 ± 30.13 U/L).
Conclusion:
We revealed the epidemiological and clinical features of different clinical types of SARS-CoV-2 as summarized in this paper. We found that critical type, leukocyte, and lymphocyte are risk factors that affect survival time, which could be an early and helpful marker to improve management of COVID-19 patients.
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