Death analysis of COVID-19 patients admitted in dedicated COVID hospital in Mumbai.
retrospective_cohort · Level III
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- Also identified by DOI 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1460_21 and PMC identifier 9067187.
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Abstract
COVID-19 poses a great threat globally and also a huge burden on developing countries due to its expensive, less effective, and toxic treatment. India is one of the countries with large number of confirmed cases. This study is done to assess the death due to COVID-19 on various parameters so that necessary action can be taken to reduce the disease burden of COVID-19. I) To find sociodemographic and other factors associated with mortality. II) To study various comorbidities related to the death due to COVID-19 infection. III) Recommendation for reducing mortality in COVID-19 patients. Data related to COVID-19 death was taken from MRD (Medical Record Department) & e-Health records from HMIS and was analyzed by Bivariate analysis in SPSS. Results showed that people with 1--2 comorbidity have 62% death. Mortality was found to be more in elderly, that is, >60 years age group with 67.5% of total mortality. And in males (68.6%) as compared to female. People with comorbidities have significant association. Also, it showed that death was more common in male and elderly age group as compared to female and youngsters.