Original scientific paper
Analysis of healthcare patients with SARS-CoV-2 disease
Željka Injac
orcid.org/0009-0005-5237-7269
; Klinički bolnički centar Rijeka
Kata Ivanišević
orcid.org/0000-0001-5830-2640
Abstract
Research objective: To present the total number and demographic data of patients with COVID-19 treated at the Clinical Hospital Center (KBC) Rijeka, the proportion of patients who required hos-pital admission and invasive mechanical ventilation, the mortality rate and the duration of hospital treatment. Research methods: Retrospectively collected data included 1739 patients with COVID-19 treated at the KBC in the period from March 1, 2020 to February 28, 2021. The data was collected from the IBIS database, and processed and graphically displayed using Microsoft Office Excel and Prism 10 for Mac OS. Results: Out of 1739 patients with SARS-CoV-2, 1192 (68.55%) patients were treated on an outpatient basis, while 547 (31.45%) of them were indicated for hospital treatment, of which 146 (26.69%) patients required invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV). The majority of patients treated in hospital were male (64.17%) and older than 65 (66.54%). The median duration of hospital treatment was 9.75 days, and 19.01% of hospitalized patients spent more than 15 days in the hospital. Of hospitalized patients, 62.34% recov-ered, while 37.66% died. Of the total number of deceased patients (206), 129 (62.62%) were men, and 77 (37.38%) were women. The youngest deceased was 27 years old and had spent 9 days in hospital, while the oldest was 100 years old and had spent one day in hospital.
Conclusion: In the analyzed period, the mortality rate from infec-tion with SARS-CoV-2 in KBC Rijeka was high and for patients treated in the hospital amounted to 37.66%.
Keywords
covid-19; hospitalization; mortality;
Hrčak ID:
313500
URI
Publication date:
22.1.2024.
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