Retrospective study of comparison of clinical severity and outcome of hospitalised COVID-19 patients during the first and second waves of the pandemic in India.

Abhilash Paul Prabhakar KundavaramSaravanan SelvanVivek RajaPonnivalavan MathiyalaganRohini KanagarajanNarmadha P ReddyNatarajan RajendiranDarpanarayan HazraKarthik GunasekaranMahesh MoorthyAudrin LeninDivya MathewRamya IyyaduraiGeorge M VargheseChristopher DjMelvin JoyJohn Victor Peter

Published in: BMJ open (2022)

The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India appeared to be associated with more severe presentation and higher mortality when compared with the first wave. Increasing age, elevated D-dimer levels and treatment with supplemental oxygen were independent predictors of mortality.

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