• FluTrackers.com Inc. does not provide medical advice. Information on this web site is collected from various internet resources, and the FluTrackers board of directors makes no warranty to the safety, efficacy, correctness or completeness of the information posted on this site by any author or poster. The information collated here is for instructional and/or discussion purposes only and is NOT intended to diagnose or treat any disease, illness, or other medical condition. Every individual reader or poster should seek advice from their personal physician/healthcare practitioner before considering or using any interventions that are discussed on this website. By continuing to access this website you agree to consult your personal physican before using any interventions posted on this website, and you agree to hold harmless FluTrackers.com Inc., the board of directors, the members, and all authors and posters for any effects from use of any medication, supplement, vitamin or other substance, device, intervention, etc. mentioned in posts on this website, or other internet venues referenced in posts on this website.
  • We are not asking for any donations. Do not donate to any entity who says they are raising funds for us.

Lancet Reg Health Am . In-hospital mortality and severe outcomes after hospital discharge due to COVID-19: A prospective multicenter study from Bra

tetano

Editor, Senior Moderator
Lancet Reg Health Am


. 2022 Jul;11:100244.
doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2022.100244. Epub 2022 Apr 12.
In-hospital mortality and severe outcomes after hospital discharge due to COVID-19: A prospective multicenter study from Brazil


Hugo Perazzo[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Sandra W Cardoso[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Maria Pia D Ribeiro[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Rodrigo Moreira[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Lara E Coelho[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Emilia M Jalil[SUP] 1 [/SUP], André Miguel Japiassú[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Elias Pimentel Gouvêa[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Estevão Portela Nunes[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Hugo Boechat Andrade[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Luciano Barros Gouvêa[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Marcel Treptow Ferreira[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Pedro Mendes de Azambuja Rodrigues[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ronaldo Moreira[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Kim Geraldo[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Lucilene Freitas[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Vinicius V Pacheco[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Esau Custódio João[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Trevon Fuller[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Verônica Diniz Rocha[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Ceuci de Lima Xavier Nunes[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Tâmara Newman Lobato Souza[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Ana Luiza Castro Conde Toscano[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Alexandre Vargas Schwarzbold[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Helena Carolina Noal[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Gustavo de Araujo Pinto[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Paula Macedo de Oliveira Lemos[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Carla Santos[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Fernanda Carvalho de Queiroz Mello[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Valdilea G Veloso[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Beatriz Grinsztejn[SUP] 1 [/SUP], RECOVER-SUS Brasil Group



Affiliations

Abstract

Background: We evaluated in-hospital mortality and outcomes incidence after hospital discharge due to COVID-19 in a Brazilian multicenter cohort.
Methods: This prospective multicenter study (RECOVER-SUS, NCT04807699) included COVID-19 patients hospitalized in public tertiary hospitals in Brazil from June 2020 to March 2021. Clinical assessment and blood samples were performed at hospital admission, with post-hospital discharge remote visits. Hospitalized participants were followed-up until March 31, 2021. The outcomes were in-hospital mortality and incidence of rehospitalization or death after hospital discharge. Kaplan-Meier curves and Cox proportional-hazard models were performed.
Findings: 1589 participants [54.5% male, age=62 (IQR 50-70) years; BMI=28.4 (IQR,24.9-32.9) Kg/m² and 51.9% with diabetes] were included. A total of 429 individuals [27.0% (95%CI,24.8-29.2)] died during hospitalization (median time 14 (IQR,9-24) days). Older age [vs<40 years; age=60-69 years-aHR=1.89 (95%CI,1.08-3.32); age=70-79 years-aHR=2.52 (95%CI,1.42-4.45); age≥80-aHR=2.90 (95%CI 1.54-5.47)]; noninvasive or mechanical ventilation at admission [vs facial-mask or none; aHR=1.69 (95%CI 1.30-2.19)]; SAPS-III score≥57 [vs<57; aHR=1.47 (95%CI 1.13-1.92)] and SOFA score≥10 [vs <10; aHR=1.51 (95%CI 1.08-2.10)] were independently associated with in-hospital mortality. A total of 65 individuals [6.7% (95%CI 5.3-8.4)] had a rehospitalization or death [rate=323 (95%CI 250-417) per 1000 person-years] in a median time of 52 (range 1-280) days post-hospital discharge. Age ≥ 60 years [vs <60, aHR=2.13 (95%CI 1.15-3.94)] and SAPS-III ≥57 at admission [vs <57, aHR=2.37 (95%CI 1.22-4.59)] were independently associated with rehospitalization or death after hospital discharge.
Interpretation: High in-hospital mortality rates due to COVID-19 were observed and elderly people remained at high risk of rehospitalization and death after hospital discharge.
Funding: Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) and Programa INOVA-FIOCRUZ.

Keywords: ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; COVID-19; COVID-19, Coronavirus disease 2019; CRP, C-reactive protein; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; ICU, intensive care unit; INR, international normalized ratio; IQR, interquartile range; In-hospital mortality; NIV, non-invasive ventilation; PD, person-days; PY, person-years; Post-COVID-19; REDCap, research electronic data capture; SAPS-III, simplified acute physiology score III; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; SOFA, sequential organ failure assessment; VIF, variance inflation factor; VOC, variant of concern; WHO, World Health Organization; aHR, adjusted-hazard ratio.
 
Back
Top Bottom