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Risk factors for COVID-19 mortality in hospitalized patients in Bolivia
| العنوان: | Risk factors for COVID-19 mortality in hospitalized patients in Bolivia |
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| المؤلفون: | Limachi-Choque, Jhonny, Guitian, Javier, Leyns, Christine, Guzman-Rivero, Miguel, Eid, Daniel |
| المصدر: | IJID REGIONS ; ISSN: 2772-7076 |
| بيانات النشر: | Elsevier BV |
| سنة النشر: | 2023 |
| المجموعة: | Ghent University Academic Bibliography |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Medicine and Health Sciences, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, General Environmental Science |
| الوصف: | Objectives This study aimed to ascertain which factors are associated with higher risk of mortality among hospitalized COVID-19 Bolivian patients. Methods This retrospective observational study assessed risk factors associated with mortality in patients (n = 549) hospitalized for SARS-CoV-2 infection in a Bolivian hospital between April 6, 2020, and August 18, 2022. Results The results provide evidence of association between male sex (odds ratio [OR] = 1.6, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.06-2.6), older age, 51-61 years-old (OR = 5.2, 95% CI 2.2-12.6), 62-70 years-old (OR = 8.7, 95% CI 3.7-20.5), >70 years-old (OR = 16.9, 95% CI 7.1-39.9), and blood group A (OR = 1.9, 95% CI: 1.1-3.4) with higher mortality risk. The strong association between mortality and relatively young age, may be due to high frequency of undiagnosed comorbidities. Vaccination was associated with a reduction in mortality only when time period of hospitalization was not adjusted for. Conclusion Among hospitalized patients in Bolivia male sex, older age, and blood group A are associated with higher mortality risk. Mortality risk increased markedly from a relatively young age and decreased in parallel to the uptake of the vaccination program. However, the gradual reduction in mortality can also be due to improved patient management and changes in natural immunity and virulence of circulating strains as the pandemic progressed. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| Relation: | https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/01HF8AMA8K8GJ1YP5JGMQCN3AN; http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01HF8AMA8K8GJ1YP5JGMQCN3AN; http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijregi.2023.10.002; https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/01HF8AMA8K8GJ1YP5JGMQCN3AN/file/01HFPH8E8MFCA1WKRYXD95H6S0 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijregi.2023.10.002 |
| الاتاحة: | https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/01HF8AMA8K8GJ1YP5JGMQCN3AN http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01HF8AMA8K8GJ1YP5JGMQCN3AN https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijregi.2023.10.002 https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/01HF8AMA8K8GJ1YP5JGMQCN3AN/file/01HFPH8E8MFCA1WKRYXD95H6S0 |
| Rights: | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) ; info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.5370D20C |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijregi.2023.10.002 |
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