Open AccessClinical Predictors of COVID-19 Mortality Among Patients in Intensive Care Units: A Retrospective Study
Author(s) -
Abbas Al Mutair,
Alya Al Mutairi,
Abdul Rehman Zia Zaidi,
Samer Salih,
Saad Alhumaid,
Ali A. Rabaan,
Awad AlOmari
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of general medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.722
H-Index - 36
ISSN - 1178-7074
DOI - 10.2147/ijgm.s313757
Subject(s) - medicine , septic shock , mortality rate , covid-19 , acute kidney injury , proportional hazards model , retrospective cohort study , disease , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , sepsis , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The ongoing pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which originated from Wuhan, China, has been identified to be caused by the novel beta coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). COVID-19 has been spreading rapidly worldwide within just a few months. Our aims were to analyze clinical and laboratory abnormalities in ICU patients with COVID-19, in order to define which predictors can distinguish between those who are at higher risk of developing fatal versus non-fatal forms of the disease.