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Department of Family Medicine, Emanate Health Family Medicine Residency Program, USA
Ali Zaenab has completed his masters in the Department of Family Medicine and working for Department of Family Medicine in Emanate Health Family Medicine Residency Program, USA
Research
The Effects of Co-morbidities on COVID-19 Patients Admitted to the Hospital
Author(s): Ali Zaenab, MD*, Velasquez Jose, MD, Chen-Joea Cynthia, DO, MPH, Zaveri Yousuf, MD, Martin Claudia, MD and Shalikar Hamed, MD
Background: To investigate hospital length of stay (LOS), intensive care unit admission (ICU) and duration, use of mechanical ventilation, and outcomes (death or discharge) in hospitalized patients with confirmed COVID-19 and pre-existing co-morbidities.
Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study of 271 consecutive patients with COVID-19 evaluated at the three Emanate Health hospitals located in Southern California for a three-month period from April 1, 2020, to June 30, 2020. Exposures: Patients with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection by positive result on the reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction testing. Data was electronically and manually extracted from the electronic medical records system and cross-referenced for confirmation. Data collected included all adult patients admitted with and without underlying medical c.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2327-4972.21.10.261