Oxygen saturation as a predictor of mortality in hospitalized adult patients with COVID-19 in a public hospital in Lima, Peru.

Fernando Alonso Mejía CorderoCarlos MedinaEnrique CornejoEnrique MorelloSergio VásquezJorge Luis Alave-Rosas Alvaro SchwalbGermán Málaga

Published in: PloS one (2020)

Oxygen saturation below 90% on admission is a strong predictor of in-hospital mortality in patients with COVID-19. In settings with limited resources, efforts to reduce mortality in COVID-19 should focus on early identification of hypoxemia and timely access to hospital care.

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