Since December 2019, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has spread from China all over the world and many COVID-19 outbreaks have been reported in long-term care facilities (LCTF). However, data on clinical characteristics and prognostic factors in such settings are scarce. We conducted a retrospective, observational cohort study to assess clinical characteristics and baseline predictors of mortality of COVID-19 patients hospitalized after an outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 infection in a LTCF. A total of 50 patients were included. Mean age was 80 years (SD, 12 years), and 24/50 (57.1%) patients were males. The overall in-hospital mortality rate was 32%. At Cox regression analysis, significant predictors of in-hospital mortality were: hypernatremia (HR 9.12), lymphocyte count < 1000 cells/µL (HR 7.45), cardiovascular diseases other than hypertension (HR 6.41), and higher levels of serum interleukin-6 (IL-6, pg/mL) (HR 1.005). Our study shows a high in-hospital mortality rate in a cohort of elderly patients with COVID-19 and hypernatremia, lymphopenia, CVD other than hypertension, and higher IL-6 serum levels were identified as independent predictors of in-hospital mortality. Given the small population size as major limitation of our study, further investigations are necessary to better understand and confirm our findings in elderly patients.

Trecarichi, E. M., Mazzitelli, M., Serapide, F., Pelle, M. C., Tassone, B., Arrighi, E., Perri, G., Fusco, P., Scaglione, V., Davoli, C., Lionello, R., La Gamba, V., Marrazzo, G., Busceti, M. T., Giudice, A., Ricchio, M., Cancelliere, A., Lio, E., Procopio, G., Costanzo, F. S., Foti, D. P., Matera, G., Torti, C., Clinical characteristics and predictors of mortality associated with COVID-19 in elderly patients from a long-term care facility, <<SCIENTIFIC REPORTS>>, 2020; 10 (1): N/A-N/A. [doi:10.1038/s41598-020-77641-7] [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/303904]

Clinical characteristics and predictors of mortality associated with COVID-19 in elderly patients from a long-term care facility

Torti, Carlo
2020

Abstract

Since December 2019, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has spread from China all over the world and many COVID-19 outbreaks have been reported in long-term care facilities (LCTF). However, data on clinical characteristics and prognostic factors in such settings are scarce. We conducted a retrospective, observational cohort study to assess clinical characteristics and baseline predictors of mortality of COVID-19 patients hospitalized after an outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 infection in a LTCF. A total of 50 patients were included. Mean age was 80 years (SD, 12 years), and 24/50 (57.1%) patients were males. The overall in-hospital mortality rate was 32%. At Cox regression analysis, significant predictors of in-hospital mortality were: hypernatremia (HR 9.12), lymphocyte count < 1000 cells/µL (HR 7.45), cardiovascular diseases other than hypertension (HR 6.41), and higher levels of serum interleukin-6 (IL-6, pg/mL) (HR 1.005). Our study shows a high in-hospital mortality rate in a cohort of elderly patients with COVID-19 and hypernatremia, lymphopenia, CVD other than hypertension, and higher IL-6 serum levels were identified as independent predictors of in-hospital mortality. Given the small population size as major limitation of our study, further investigations are necessary to better understand and confirm our findings in elderly patients.
2020
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Trecarichi, E. M., Mazzitelli, M., Serapide, F., Pelle, M. C., Tassone, B., Arrighi, E., Perri, G., Fusco, P., Scaglione, V., Davoli, C., Lionello, R., La Gamba, V., Marrazzo, G., Busceti, M. T., Giudice, A., Ricchio, M., Cancelliere, A., Lio, E., Procopio, G., Costanzo, F. S., Foti, D. P., Matera, G., Torti, C., Clinical characteristics and predictors of mortality associated with COVID-19 in elderly patients from a long-term care facility, <<SCIENTIFIC REPORTS>>, 2020; 10 (1): N/A-N/A. [doi:10.1038/s41598-020-77641-7] [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/303904]
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