How Do COVID-19 Inpatients in the Denver Metropolitan Area Measure Up?

Paula J WattsTrevor WojcikChristina Baker-SparrJason L KellySurit SharmaDmitriy Scherbak

Published in: Advances in medicine (2020)

Compared to similar reports from other metropolitan areas, our analysis of discharged or expired COVID-19 patients from six major hospitals in the Denver metropolitan area revealed a lower mortality. This includes the subset of patients admitted to the ICU regardless of the need for intubation. A lower ICU length of stay was also observed.

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