March 25, 2020

Myocardial injury is associated with in-hospital mortality of confirmed or suspected COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: A single center retrospective cohort study

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Testing and Treatment

• This study investigate the potential association between cardiac injury and in-hospital mortality in a cohort of 110 COVID-19 patients from one hospital in Wuhan, China.  
• Cardiac injury was a risk factor for in-hospital death, while higher oxygen saturation was found to be protective.  This may help clinicians identify patients with adverse outcome at the early stage of COVID-19. 

Zhang et al. (March 24, 2020).  Myocardial injury is associated with in-hospital mortality of confirmed or suspected COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: A single center retrospective cohort study. Pre-print downloaded Mar 25 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.21.20040121