Journal article
Characteristics and Clinical Outcomes of Adult Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 - Georgia, March 2020
MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol.69(18), pp.545-550
05/08/2020
DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6918e1
PMID: 32379729
Abstract
SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), was first detected in the United States during January 2020 (1). Since then, >980,000 cases have been reported in the United States, including >55,000 associated deaths as of April 28, 2020 (2). Detailed data on demographic characteristics, underlying medical conditions, and clinical outcomes for persons hospitalized with COVID-19 are needed to inform prevention strategies and community-specific intervention messages. For this report, CDC, the Georgia Department of Public Health, and eight Georgia hospitals (seven in metropolitan Atlanta and one in southern Georgia) summarized medical record-abstracted data for hospitalized adult patients with laboratory-confirmed* COVID-19 who were admitted during March 2020. Among 305 hospitalized patients with COVID-19, 61.6% were aged <65 years, 50.5% were female, and 83.2% with known race/ethnicity were non-Hispanic black (black). Over a quarter of patients (26.2%) did not have conditions thought to put them at higher risk for severe disease, including being aged ≥65 years. The proportion of hospitalized patients who were black was higher than expected based on overall hospital admissions. In an adjusted time-to-event analysis, black patients were not more likely than were nonblack patients to receive invasive mechanical ventilation
(IMV) or to die during hospitalization (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.63; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.35-1.13). Given the overrepresentation of black patients within this hospitalized cohort, it is important for public health officials to ensure that prevention activities prioritize communities and racial/ethnic groups most affected by COVID-19. Clinicians and public officials should be aware that all adults, regardless of underlying conditions or age, are at risk for serious illness from COVID-19.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Characteristics and Clinical Outcomes of Adult Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 - Georgia, March 2020
- Creators
- Jeremy A W GoldKaren K WongChristine M SzablewskiPriti R PatelJohn RossowJuliana da SilvaPavithra NatarajanSapna Bamrah MorrisRobyn Neblett FanfairJessica Rogers-BrownBeau B BruceSean D BrowningAlfonso C Hernandez-RomieuNathan W FurukawaMohleen KangMary E EvansNadine OosmanallyMelissa Tobin-D'AngeloCherie DrenzekDavid J MurphyJulie HollbergJames M BlumRobert JansenDavid W WrightWilliam M Sewell IIIJack D OwensBenjamin LefkoveFrank W BrownDeron C BurtonTimothy M UyekiStephanie R BialekBrendan R Jackson
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, Vol.69(18), pp.545-550
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.15585/mmwr.mm6918e1
- PMID
- 32379729
- ISSN
- 0149-2195
- eISSN
- 1545-861X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/08/2020
- Academic Unit
- Anesthesia
- Record Identifier
- 9984013165502771
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