Clinical characteristics, systemic complications, and in-hospital outcomes for patients with COVID-19 in Latin America. LIVEN-Covid-19 study: A prospective, multicenter, multinational, cohort study.

Luis Felipe ReyesAlirio BastidasPaula O NarváezDaniela Parra-TanouxYuli V FuentesCristian C Serrano-MayorgaValentina OrtízEder L CaceresGustavo Ospina-TasconAna M DíazManuel JibajaMagdalena Vera Edwin Silva Luis Antonio Gorordo-DelsolFrancesca MaraschinFabio Varón-VegaRicardo BuitragoMarcela PovedaLina M SaucedoElisa EstenssoroGuillermo OrtízNicolás NinLuis E CalderónGina S MontañoAldair J ChaarFernanda GarcíaVanessa RamírezFabricio PicoitaCristian PeláezLuis UnigarroGilberto FriedmanLaura CucunuboAlejandro BruhnGlenn HernándezIgnacio Martin-Loechesnull null

Published in: PloS one (2022)

This study confirms that patients with SARS CoV-2 in the Latin American population had a lower mortality rate than previously reported. Systemic complications are frequent in patients admitted to the ICU due to COVID-19, as previously described in high-income countries.

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