High Mortality During the Second Wave of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic in Uganda: Experience From a National Referral COVID-19 Treatment Unit.

Felix BongominBrian FleischerRonald OlumBarbra NatukundaSarah KiguliPauline Byakika-KibwikaJoseph Baruch BalukuFrederick Nelson Nakwagala

Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2021)

In this cohort, where the majority of the patients presented with severe or critical illness, more than one third of the patients hospitalized with COVID-19 at a national CTU died of the illness.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
sars cov
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
type diabetes
primary care
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
risk factors
patient reported outcomes
quality improvement
patient reported
drug induced