Characteristics, complications and outcomes among 1549 patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in a secondary hospital in Madrid, Spain: a retrospective case series study. Issue 11 (10th November 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jiménez, Eva; Fontán-Vela, Mario; Valencia, Jorge; Fernandez-Jimenez, Ines; Álvaro-Alonso, Elena Alba; Izquierdo-García, Elsa; Lazaro Cebas, Andrea; Gallego Ruiz-Elvira, Elisa; Troya, Jesús; Tebar-Martinez, Ana Josefa; Garcia-Marina, Belén; Peña-Lillo, Gabriela; Abad-Motos, Ane; Macaya, Laura; Ryan, Pablo; Pérez-Butragueño, Mario
• Other Names: author non-byline.; Mendoza Blanca Herrero author non-byline.; Andreu Natividad Plazas author non-byline.; Bol Liliana Vázquez author non-byline.; Gadin López Sandra María author non-byline.; Alcalá Álvaro Martínez author non-byline.; Gonzalez Sonia Pérez author non-byline.; de la Gándara Amalia Martínez author non-byline.; Gonzalez Alejandro Zuazua author non-byline.; Adarraga Javier Montoya author non-byline.; Álvarez Miguel Ángel Lara author non-byline.; Aranda Enrique Calvo author non-byline.; Ramos Rosa M Lorente author non-byline.; Alcantud María author non-byline.; Arroyo Roberto Alcázar author non-byline.; Sánchez-Caballero Verónica Suberviola author non-byline.; Cáceres Ariela Candelario author non-byline.; Sarasqueta Juan Churruca author non-byline.; Macho Juan Torres author non-byline.; Rodríguez Ismael Escobar author non-byline.; Páez Raquel Ruíz author non-byline.; López Alberto Esquivel author non-byline.; Cueva Dobao Pablo de la author non-byline.; López Natalia Blanca author non-byline.; Hinojosa José García author non-byline.; Collantes Cristina Sevillano author non-byline.; Aroca Alfonso Camacho author non-byline.; Zañón Tamar Talaván author non-byline.; Sánchez Úriz María Ángeles author non-byline.; Guillén Carlos Bibiano author non-byline.; López Arenas Miguel Ángel author non-byline.; Arández Margarita Gimeno author non-byline.; Gutiérrez del Álamo Francisco Javier Quintero author non-byline.;
• Is Part Of: BMJ open. Volume 10:Issue 11(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-11-10
• Subjects: infectious diseases -- public health -- epidemiology -- COVID-19; Medicine -- Research -- Periodicals; 610.72
• DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042398
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2044-6055

Abstract

Abstract : Objectives: To describe demographic, clinical, radiological and laboratory characteristics, as well as outcomes, of patients admitted for COVID-19 in a secondary hospital. Design and setting: Retrospective case series of sequentially hospitalised patients with confirmed SARS-CoV-2, at Infanta Leonor University Hospital (ILUH) in Madrid, Spain. Participants: All patients attended at ILUH testing positive to reverse transcriptase-PCR on nasopharyngeal swabs and diagnosed with COVID-19 between 1 March 2020 and 28 May 2020. Results: A total of 1549 COVID-19 cases were included (median age 69 years (IQR 55.0–81.0), 57.5% men). 78.2% had at least one underlying comorbidity, the most frequent was hypertension (55.8%). Most frequent symptoms at presentation were fever (75.3%), cough (65.7%) and dyspnoea (58.1%). 81 (5.8%) patients were admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) (median age 62 years (IQR 51–71); 74.1% men; median length of stay 9 days (IQR 5–19)) 82.7% of them needed invasive ventilation support. 1393 patients had an outcome at the end of the study period (case fatality ratio: 21.2% (296/1393)). The independent factors associated with fatality (OR; 95% CI): age (1.07; 1.06 to 1.09), male sex (2.86; 1.85 to 4.50), neurological disease (1.93; 1.19 to 3.13), chronic kidney disease (2.83; 1.40 to 5.71) and neoplasia (4.29; 2.40 to 7.67). The percentage of hospital beds occupied with COVID-19 almost doubled (702/361), with the number of patients in ICU quadrupling its capacity (32/8). Median length of stay was 9 days (IQR 6–14). Conclusions: This study provides clinical characteristics, complications and outcomes of patients with COVID-19 admitted to a European secondary hospital. Fatal outcomes were similar to those reported by hospitals with a higher level of complexity.