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Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in Kenya: a multicentre cohort study.

Loice Achieng OmbajoNyamai MutonoPaul SudiMbuvi MutuaMohammed SoodAlliyy Muhammad LooPhoebe JumaJackline OdhiamboReena ShahFrederick WangaiMarybeth MaritimOmu AnzalaPatrick AmothEvans KamuriWaweru MunyuSamuel Mwangi Thumbi
Published in: BMJ open (2022)
The risk of death from COVID-19 is high among older patients, those with comorbidities and among men. Clinical parameters including patient clinical signs, haematology and liver function tests were associated with risk of death and may guide stratification of high-risk patients.
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