Key result
In hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19, age over 65, cardiomyopathy, and valve disease were independent predictors of poor outcome in males, whereas cardiomyopathy, obesity, and body mass index were predictors in females.
Why the study?
The clinical features of patients with severe COVID-19 disease in relation to different cardiovascular risk factors and their health outcomes needed to be determined.
Cohort (n=530)
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A retrospective cohort study designed to evaluate cardiovascular comorbidities and health outcomes in 541 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Croatia.
Hypothesis-generating on CV comorbidities in hospitalized COVID-19; prospective studies needed before informing practice.
Backround: During the pandemic 2020 many hospitals became so-called Covid-19 Hospital. In Croatia our General County Hospital Nasice was the very first one with declared Covid-19 status. Our objective was to determine the clinical features of patients with severe COVID-19 disease considering of different cardiovascular risk factors and their health outcomes. Materials and Methods: A retrospective study was conducted by analysing the medical records of 541 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Croatian General County Hospital Nasice during one year in the period from March 1st 2020 to March 1st 2021. We examined collected individual data as gender, age, presence or absence of comorbidity, type of comorbidity, laboratory data, number of days at hospital and outcomes (discharge home, transfer to another hospital and death).
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Jakić et al. (2021) conducted a cohort in Severe COVID-19 with pneumonia (n=530). Cardiovascular comorbidities and demographic risk factors vs. Absence of risk factors was evaluated on Poor health outcome (death or transfer to another hospital). In hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19, age over 65, cardiomyopathy, and valve disease were independent predictors of poor outcome in males, whereas cardiomyopathy, obesity, and body mass index were predictors in females.
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