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Early Predictors of Clinical Deterioration in a Cohort of 239 Patients Hospitalized for Covid-19 Infection in Lombardy, Italy

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Cecconi, Maurizio, Piovani, Daniele, Brunetta, Enrico, Aghemo, Alessio, Greco, Massimiliano, Ciccarelli, Michele, Angelini, Claudio, Voza, Antonio, Omodei, Paolo, Vespa, Edoardo, Pugliese, Nicola, Parigi, Tommaso Lorenzo, Folci, Marco, Danese, Silvio, Bonovas, Stefanos·2020·Journal of Clinical Medicine

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We described features of hospitalized Covid-19 patients and identified predictors of clinical deterioration. We included patients consecutively admitted at Humanitas Research Hospital (Rozzano, Milan, Italy); retrospectively extracted demographic; clinical; laboratory and imaging findings at admission; used survival methods to identify factors associated with clinical deterioration (defined as intensive care unit (ICU) transfer or death), and developed a prognostic index. Overall; we analyzed 239 patients (29.3% females) with a mean age of 63.9 (standard deviation [SD]; 14.0) years. Clinical deterioration occurred in 70 patients (29.3%), including 41 (17.2%) ICU transfers and 36 (15.1%) deaths. The most common symptoms and signs at admission were cough (77.8%) and elevated respiratory rate (34.1%), while 66.5% of patients had at least one coexisting medical condition. Imaging frequently revealed ground-glass opacity (68.9%) and consolidation (23.8%). Age; increased respiratory rate; abnormal blood gas parameters and imaging findings; coexisting coronary heart disease; leukocytosis; lymphocytopenia; and several laboratory parameters (elevated procalcitonin; interleukin-6; serum ferritin; C-reactive protein; aspartate aminotransferase; lactate dehydrogenase; creatinine; fibrinogen; troponin-I; and D-dimer) were significant predictors of clinical deterioration. We suggested a prognostic index to assist risk-stratification (C-statistic; 0.845; 95% CI; 0.802–0.887). These results could aid early identification and management of patients at risk, who should therefore receive additional monitoring and aggressive supportive care.

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Cecconi, M., Piovani, D., Brunetta, E., Aghemo, A., Greco, M., Ciccarelli, M., Angelini, C., Voza, A., Omodei, P., Vespa, E., Pugliese, N., Parigi, T. L., Folci, M., Danese, S., & Bonovas, S.
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Journal of Clinical Medicine
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2020-05-20
Volume
9
Issue
5
Pages
1548
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2077-0383 (ISSN-L)
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189
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journal article
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en
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Cecconi, M., Piovani, D., Brunetta, E., Aghemo, A., Greco, M., Ciccarelli, M., Angelini, C., Voza, A., Omodei, P., Vespa, E., Pugliese, N., Parigi, T. L., Folci, M., Danese, S., & Bonovas, S. (2020). Early Predictors of Clinical Deterioration in a Cohort of 239 Patients Hospitalized for Covid-19 Infection in Lombardy, Italy. Journal of Clinical Medicine. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9051548

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