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Observational Study
. 2021;89(2):124-134.
doi: 10.5603/ARM.a2021.0035.

A clinical profile and factors associated with severity of the disease among Polish patients hospitalized due to COVID-19 - an observational study

Tomasz Stachura  1   2 , Natalia Celejewska-Wójcik  1   2 , Kamil Polok  3   4 , Karolina Górka  2   5 , Sabina Lichołai  6   7 , Krzysztof Wójcik  2 , Jacek Krawczyk  1   2 , Anna Kozłowska  1 , Marek Przybyszowski  1   2 , Tomasz Włoch  1   8 , Jacek Górka  5 , Krzysztof Sładek  1   2
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Observational Study

A clinical profile and factors associated with severity of the disease among Polish patients hospitalized due to COVID-19 - an observational study

Tomasz Stachura et al. Adv Respir Med. 2021.
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Abstract

Introduction: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is one of the greatest clinical challenges of the last decades. Clinical factors associated with severity of the disease remain unclear. The aim of the study was to characterize Polish patients hospitalized due to COVID-19 and to evaluate potential prognostic factors of severe course of the disease.

Material and methods: An observational study was conducted from March to July 2020 in the Pulmonology and Allergology Department of the University Hospital in Kraków, Poland. Consecutive patients with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2) infection were enrolled, and data about past medical history, signs and symptoms, laboratory results, imaging studies results, in-hospital management and outcomes was prospectively gathered.

Results: The study sample comprised 100 patients at the mean age of 59.2 (SD 16.1) years among whom 63 (63.0%) were male. Among them 10 (10.0%) died, 47 (47%) presented respiratory failure, 15 (15.0%) were transferred to the intensive care unit, 17 (17.0%) developed acute kidney injury, 7 (7.0%) had sepsis and 10 (10.0%) were diagnosed with pulmonary embolism. Multivariable analysis revealed age (OR 1.1; 95% CI 1.01-1.15), body mass index (BMI; OR 1.24; 95% CI 1.01-1.53), modified early warning score (MEWS; OR 3.95; 95% CI 1.48-12), the highest d-dimer value (OR 1.73; 95% CI 1.03-2.9) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH; OR 1.16; 95% CI 1.03-1.3) to be associated with severe course of COVID-19.

Conclusion: This observational study showed that almost half of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 developed respiratory failure in the course of the disease. Increasing age, BMI, MEWS, d-dimer value and LDH concentration were associated with the severity of COVID-19.

Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; clinical characteristics; coronavirus disease 2019; respiratory failure; risk factors.

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