Clinical and Demographic Characteristics of COVID-19 Patients Admitted in a Tertiary Care Hospital in the Dominican Republic
David De Luna, Yori Roque, Nicolás Batlle, Katherine Gómez, Miguelina Jáquez, Brinia Cabrera, Lissa De La Cruz, Osvaldo Tavárez, Rossy Belliard, José Javier Sanchez
doi:10.1101/2020.12.11.20247437
To present clinical and demographic characteristics of COVID-19 patients admitted to Hospital Metropolitano de Santiago in Dominican Republic, we analyzed electronic medical records of all hospitalized patients clinically admitted as viral pneumonia through March -April, 2020. Of 374 patients, 150 (40.1%) laboratory confirmed, were included in this study. Most of the patients were men (104 / 69.3%) with a median (IQR 44 -66) age of 54. Hypertension (83 / 55.3%) and diabetes mellitus (49 / 32.7%) were the most common comorbidities, whereas fever (120 / 80%), cough (79 / 52.7%) and fatigue (60 / 40%) were the most common presenting symptoms. 28 (18.7%) patients required admission to the intensive care unit, of them, 26 patients (17.3%) required mechanical ventilation. The overall mortality rate was 10.7% Higher levels of inflammatory markers were associated with longer length of stay (LOS). This findings indulge information that could contribute to stratify patients at higher risk of complications.
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