Factors associated with admission to the intensive care unit and mortality in patients with COVID-19, Colombia

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected millions of people worldwide, and several sociodemographic variables, comorbidities and care variables have been associated with complications and mortality. To identify the factors associated with admission to intensive care units (ICUs) and mortalit...

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Published in:PloS one 2021-11, Vol.16 (11), p.e0260169-e0260169
Main Authors: Machado-Alba, Jorge Enrique, Valladales-Restrepo, Luis Fernando, Machado-Duque, Manuel Enrique, Gaviria-Mendoza, Andrés, Sánchez-Ramírez, Nicolás, Usma-Valencia, Andrés Felipe, Rodríguez-Martínez, Esteban, Rengifo-Franco, Eliana, Forero-Supelano, Víctor Hugo, Gómez-Ramirez, Diego Mauricio, Sabogal-Ortiz, Alejandra
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biology and life sciences
Cardiovascular diseases
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Colombia
Comorbidity
Complications
Coronary artery disease
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 - epidemiology
COVID-19 - mortality
COVID-19 - therapy
Earth Sciences
Emergency medical care
Female
Health risks
Heart diseases
Hospital Mortality - trends
Hospitals
Humans
Intensive care nursing
Intensive care units
Intensive Care Units - statistics & numerical data
Ischemia
Lung diseases
Male
Medicine and Health Sciences
Middle Aged
Mortality
Myocardial Ischemia - epidemiology
Obstructive lung disease
Patient Admission - statistics & numerical data
Patients
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - epidemiology
Renal failure
Renal Insufficiency - epidemiology
Respiratory distress syndrome
Risk factors
Sex Factors
Social Sciences
Viral diseases
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Summary:Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected millions of people worldwide, and several sociodemographic variables, comorbidities and care variables have been associated with complications and mortality. To identify the factors associated with admission to intensive care units (ICUs) and mortality in patients with COVID-19 from 4 clinics in Colombia. This was a follow-up study of a cohort of patients diagnosed with COVID-19 between March and August 2020. Sociodemographic, clinical (Charlson comorbidity index and NEWS 2 score) and pharmacological variables were identified. Multivariate analyses were performed to identify variables associated with the risk of admission to the ICU and death (p
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0260169