SARS due to COVID-19: Predictors of death and profile of adult patients in the state of Rio de Janeiro, 2020.
Tatiana Rodrigues de Araujo LimaMarcella Cini OliveiraMariana Dos Santos VelascoRachel de Almeida MenezesRegina Bontorim GomesMarlos Melo MartinsCarlos Eduardo RaymundoRoberto de Andrade MedronhoPublished in: PloS one (2022)
Factors associated with death were male sex, old age, oxygen saturation <95%, respiratory distress, dyspnoea, chronic kidney and neurological diseases, immunosuppression, and use of invasive or noninvasive ventilatory support. Identifying factors associated with disease progression can help the clinical management of patients with COVID-19 and improve outcomes.