Division of Health Sciences, Universidad del Norte and Hospital Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia.
Intern Med J. 2021 Jan;51(1):102-105. doi: 10.1111/imj.15134.
We report the high frequency of early mortality in COVID-19 patients (48.6% of 72 deaths). Early deaths were not explained by differences in age, sex and comorbidities, but they had a more severe disease at hospital admission compared with late deaths. These data highlight the importance of outpatient monitoring for the early identification of COVID-19 patients who require hospital admission.
我们报告了 COVID-19 患者(72 例死亡病例中有 48.6%)早期死亡率较高。早期死亡与年龄、性别和合并症的差异无关,但与晚期死亡相比,这些患者在入院时的疾病更为严重。这些数据强调了对 COVID-19 患者进行门诊监测以早期识别需要住院治疗的患者的重要性。