Open AccessAre numbers deceptive? Is death auditing a solution for death analysis, among the COVID-19 deceased?: A study from a dedicated COVID-19 hospital in Faridabad, Haryana
Author(s) -
Pooja Goyal,
Ruchi Sachdeva,
Lokesh Parashar,
Asit Kumar Sikary,
Aamir Tarique
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2063_20
Subject(s) - medicine , ards , case fatality rate , pneumonia , covid-19 , emergency medicine , mortality rate , pandemic , cause of death , referral , sepsis , disease , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , epidemiology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , family medicine , lung
COVID-19 pandemic has havocked the entire world and India has not been spared. The focus is not only on the containment but on the reduction in mortality also. The objective of the study was to know the trend of COVID-19 deaths in a 510-bedded dedicated COVID-19 hospital and to determine the cause of death and various factors associated with these deaths.