Factors Associated with Mortality Among Hospitalized Adults with COVID-19 Pneumonia at a Private Tertiary Hospital in Tanzania: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
Nadeem KassamEric AghanOmar AzizHanifa MbitheKamran HameedReena ShahSalim SuraniJames OrwaSamina SomjiPublished in: International journal of general medicine (2021)
The overall in-hospital mortality was 31.8%. Older age, obesity, the severe form of the disease and admission to the ICU and HDU were major risk factors associated with in-hospital mortality.
Keyphrases
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- insulin resistance
- metabolic syndrome
- weight loss
- intensive care unit
- emergency department
- type diabetes
- healthcare
- health insurance
- cardiovascular events
- high fat diet induced
- physical activity
- early onset
- middle aged
- weight gain
- mechanical ventilation
- risk factors
- body mass index
- cardiovascular disease
- adipose tissue
- coronary artery disease
- acute respiratory distress syndrome