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Editor, Senior Moderator
Dan Med J
. 2020 May 15;67(6):A05200313.
Characteristics of Patients With COVID-19 Pneumonia at Hvidovre Hospital, March-April 2020
Simone Bastrup Israelsen[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Klaus Tjelle Kristiansen, Bettina Hindsberger, Charlotte Suppli Ulrik, Ove Andersen, Magnus Jensen, Sten Andersen, Christian Rasmussen, Henrik L J?rgensen, Christian ?stergaard, Bjarne ?rskov Lindhardt, Gitte Kronborg, Thomas Benfield
Affiliations
Abstract
Introduction: The first case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 occurred in Denmark on 27 February 2020. On 10 March, the first case of COVID-19 pneumonia was admitted to Hvidovre Hospital.
Methods: Retrospective case review of individuals 18 years or older who were admitted consecutively to Hvidovre Hospital from 10 March through 23 April 2020.
Results: A total of 175 individuals were admitted with COVID-19 pneumonia. The median age was 71 years, 48.6% were male and 71% had at least one co-morbidity. The most commonly presenting symptoms were dyspnoea, dry cough, and fever. The majority of patients had lymphopenia, elevated liver function tests and C-reactive protein. Nearly two in three presented with multilobar infiltration by chest X-ray. Respiratory failure leading to invasive mechanical ventilation developed in 27 patients (15.4%). By 20 April, 23 of 175 (13.1%) patients remained hospitalised, 43 (24.6%) had died and 109 (62.3%) had been discharged.
Conclusions: The manifestations of COVID-19 at presentation were similar to those seen in other reports. Our population was older, slightly overrepresented by women and had a high level of co-morbidity. COVID-19 admittance was associated with frequent need of intensive care and mechanical ventilation that was associated with a very high mortality.
Funding: none.
Trial registration: not relevant.
. 2020 May 15;67(6):A05200313.
Characteristics of Patients With COVID-19 Pneumonia at Hvidovre Hospital, March-April 2020
Simone Bastrup Israelsen[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Klaus Tjelle Kristiansen, Bettina Hindsberger, Charlotte Suppli Ulrik, Ove Andersen, Magnus Jensen, Sten Andersen, Christian Rasmussen, Henrik L J?rgensen, Christian ?stergaard, Bjarne ?rskov Lindhardt, Gitte Kronborg, Thomas Benfield
Affiliations
- PMID: 32448405
Abstract
Introduction: The first case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 occurred in Denmark on 27 February 2020. On 10 March, the first case of COVID-19 pneumonia was admitted to Hvidovre Hospital.
Methods: Retrospective case review of individuals 18 years or older who were admitted consecutively to Hvidovre Hospital from 10 March through 23 April 2020.
Results: A total of 175 individuals were admitted with COVID-19 pneumonia. The median age was 71 years, 48.6% were male and 71% had at least one co-morbidity. The most commonly presenting symptoms were dyspnoea, dry cough, and fever. The majority of patients had lymphopenia, elevated liver function tests and C-reactive protein. Nearly two in three presented with multilobar infiltration by chest X-ray. Respiratory failure leading to invasive mechanical ventilation developed in 27 patients (15.4%). By 20 April, 23 of 175 (13.1%) patients remained hospitalised, 43 (24.6%) had died and 109 (62.3%) had been discharged.
Conclusions: The manifestations of COVID-19 at presentation were similar to those seen in other reports. Our population was older, slightly overrepresented by women and had a high level of co-morbidity. COVID-19 admittance was associated with frequent need of intensive care and mechanical ventilation that was associated with a very high mortality.
Funding: none.
Trial registration: not relevant.