What are the predictors of in-hospital mortality in cancer patients with COVID-19? AUBMC_Official COVID19 SARSCoV2 COVIDPandemic Mortality Cancer
By Suchandrima BhowmikFeb 3 2023Reviewed by Aimee Molineux The highly contagious and novel Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 that led to the Coronavirus disease 2019 was first detected in Wuhan, China. SARS-CoV-2 soon spread to the world and was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on 11th March 2020. It impacted the world’s social, economic, and medical sectors.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Emergency departments have played an important role in the identification of patients with infection and their early isolation. However, the disposition of cancer patients with COVID-19 from the ED is a tough decision. This is due to the immense burden of the virus on the healthcare system, the life-threatening nature of cancer, as well as the uncertainty regarding the impact of cancer on the infection outcomes.
Study findings The results indicated that 89 patients were included in the study, whose average age was 66 years. Most of the patients were observed to be males with solid cancer; among them, more than half had metastasis. Hypertension was reported to be the main comorbidity among patients, followed by cardiovascular diseases, dyslipidemia, and diabetes mellitus. Half of the patients were reported to be smokers as well as received chemotherapy within one month of presentation to ED.
The results reported no significant difference in the presence of comorbidities, smoking status, age, and gender between COVID-19 cancer patients who died as compared to those who did not. Mortality was observed to be higher in patients who received chemotherapy within one month of ED presentation as well as those with a history of congestive heart failure . Moreover, patients with tachypnea at triage were observed to be four times more associated with mortality.
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