ABSTRACT
Objective:
To investigate predictors of deaths associated with COVID-19 in patients admitted to two hospitals in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Method:
This is a retrospective cross-sectional study with 799 patients admitted to hospital for COVID-19 in 2020. The study took place in two reference hospitals for COVID-19 located in Greater Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Data collection took place from November 2020 to January 2021. Electronic medical records were used to collect data and were recorded in the Survey Monkey® application. The database was published in the Figshare Dataset Springer Nature© repository. Multivariate and bivariate analyzes were performed.
Results:
There was a predominance of male patients (57.9%), white patients (93.4%), senior patients (41.5%). The mean age was 61.5 years (±15.8). There was a higher occurrence of Diabetes Mellitus (54.2%) and hypertension (34.2%). Thus, 222 patients (27.8%) were admitted to the Intensive Care Unit. The outcome of death was observed in 157 patients (19.6%). There was a correlation between death and some sociodemographic and clinical variables.
Conclusion:
The study showed a higher prevalence of previous diseases such as hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus, obesity and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Age proved to be an independent risk factor for death. Occurrence of death in the age group over 80 years was 13 times higher compared to the younger population.
DESCRIPTORS:
COVID-19; Coronavirus Infections; Mortality; Risk Factors; Coronavirus
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