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Prediction of mortality in hospitalized Egyptian patients with Coronavirus disease-2019: A multicenter retrospective study
Document Type
Report
Source
PLoS ONE. January 11, 2022, Vol. 17 Issue 1, e0262348
Subject
Egypt
Language
English
ISSN
1932-6203
Abstract
We aimed to assess the epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory characteristics associated with mortality among hospitalized Egyptian patients with COVID-19. A multicenter, retrospective study was conducted on all polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-confirmed COVID-19 cases admitted through the period from April to July 2020. A generalized linear model was reconstructed with covariates based on predictor's statistical significance and clinically relevance. The odds ratio (OR) was calculated by using stepwise logistic regression modeling. A total of 3712 hospitalized patients were included; of them, 900 deaths were recorded (24.2%). Compared to survived patients, non-survived patients were more likely to be older than 60 years (65.7%), males (53.6%) diabetic (37.6%), hypertensive (37.2%), and had chronic renal insufficiency (9%). Non-survived patients were less likely to receive azithromycin (p
Author(s): Muhammad M. AbdelGhaffar 1,2, Dalia Omran 2,3, Ahmed Elgebaly 4, Eshak I. Bahbah 4, Shimaa Afify 5, Mohamed AlSoda 2, Mohamed El-Shiekh 6, Enass S. ElSayed 7, Soha S. [...]