September 25, 2020

Early predictors of in-hospital mortality in patients with COVID-19 in a large American cohort

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

Keywords (Tags): risk factors

• Clinical variables present on admission that were associated with in-hospital death among COVID-19 patients were older age, low oxygen saturation and elevated respiratory rate in a multicenter study. Laboratory measurements associated with in-hospital mortality included markers of renal and hepatic dysfunction and elevated procalcitonin and lactic acid.

Bahl et al. (Sept 25, 2020). Early predictors of in-hospital mortality in patients with COVID-19 in a large American cohort. Internal and Emergency Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-020-02509-7