Clinical characteristics of hospitalized patients with Covid-19 infection at the soma Clinic in Medellín, Colombia
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Objective: SARS COV-2 virus arrived in Medellin on March 9, 2020, affecting 397 395 people in Medellin by Oct 8, 2021. This study aims to describe the clinical behavior of patients hospitalized in soma Clinic between July 1st, 2020, and January 31st, 2021, and to identify clinical and paraclinical variables associated with ICU entry and mortality.
Methodology: retrospective cohort with data from medical records of all patients over 18 years of age admitted to the soma Clinic for Covid-19 between July 1st, 2020, and January 31st, 2021.
Results: 849 patients with Covid-19 consulted the emergency room of the soma Clinic, out of which 326 were hospitalized (38.4%) with a mortality of 13%. Dyspnea, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, elevated D-dimer values, lactic dehydrogenase, and lymphopenia and older age were associated with severity.
Conclusions: like other studies worldwide, we evidenced clinical and paraclinical parameters at entry that are associated with worst clinical outcomes in a SARS-COV-2 infection.
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