Journal article
Characteristics Associated with Hospitalization Among Patients with COVID-19 - Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, March-April 2020
MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol.69(25), pp.790-794
06/26/2020
DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6925e1
PMID: 32584797
Abstract
The first reported U.S. case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was detected in January 2020 (1). As of June 15, 2020, approximately 2 million cases and 115,000 COVID-19-associated deaths have been reported in the United States.* Reports of U.S. patients hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 infection (the virus that causes COVID-19) describe high proportions of older, male, and black persons (2-4). Similarly, when comparing hospitalized patients with catchment area populations or nonhospitalized COVID-19 patients, high proportions have underlying conditions, including diabetes mellitus, hypertension, obesity, cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, or chronic respiratory disease (3,4). For this report, data were abstracted from the medical records of 220 hospitalized and 311 nonhospitalized patients aged ≥18 years with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 from six acute care hospitals and associated outpatient clinics in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia. Multivariable analyses were performed to identify patient characteristics associated with hospitalization. The following characteristics were independently associated with hospitalization: age ≥65 years (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 3.4), black race (aOR = 3.2), having diabetes mellitus (aOR = 3.1), lack of insurance (aOR = 2.8), male sex (aOR = 2.4), smoking (aOR = 2.3), and obesity (aOR = 1.9). Infection with SARS-CoV-2 can lead to severe outcomes, including death, and measures to protect persons from infection, such as staying at home, social distancing (5), and awareness and management of underlying conditions should be emphasized for those at highest risk for hospitalization with COVID-19. Measures that prevent the spread of infection to others, such as wearing cloth face coverings (6), should be used whenever possible to protect groups at high risk. Potential barriers to the ability to adhere to these measures need to be addressed.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Characteristics Associated with Hospitalization Among Patients with COVID-19 - Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, March-April 2020
- Creators
- Marie E KillerbyRuth Link-GellesSarah C HaightCaroline A SchrodtLucinda EnglandDanica J GomesMays ShamoutKristen PettroneKevin O'LaughlinAnne KimballErin F BlauEleanor BurnettChandresh N LadvaChristine M SzablewskiMelissa Tobin-D'AngeloNadine OosmanallyCherie DrenzekDavid J MurphyJames M BlumJulie HollbergBenjamin LefkoveFrank W BrownTom ShimabukuroClaire M MidgleyJacqueline E Tate
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol.69(25), pp.790-794
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.15585/mmwr.mm6925e1
- PMID
- 32584797
- ISSN
- 0149-2195
- eISSN
- 1545-861X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/26/2020
- Academic Unit
- Anesthesia
- Record Identifier
- 9984013276902771
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