Characteristics and Risk Factors of Hospitalized and Nonhospitalized COVID-19 Patients, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, March–April 2020

We compared the characteristics of hospitalized and nonhospitalized patients who had coronavirus disease in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. We found that risk for hospitalization increased with a patient’s age and number of concurrent conditions. We also found a potential association between hospitalization...

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Autores principales: Pettrone, Kristen, Burnett, Eleanor, Link-Gelles, Ruth, Haight, Sarah C., Schrodt, Caroline, England, Lucinda, Gomes, Danica J., Shamout, Mays, O’Laughlin, Kevin, Kimball, Anne, Blau, Erin F., Ladva, Chandresh N., Szablewski, Christine M., Tobin-D’Angelo, Melissa, Oosmanally, Nadine, Drenzek, Cherie, Browning, Sean D., Bruce, Beau B., da Silva, Juliana, Gold, Jeremy A.W., Jackson, Brendan R., Morris, Sapna Bamrah, Natarajan, Pavithra, Fanfair, Robyn Neblett, Patel, Priti R., Rogers-Brown, Jessica, Rossow, John, Wong, Karen K., Murphy, David J., Blum, James M., Hollberg, Julie, Lefkove, Benjamin, Brown, Frank W., Shimabukuro, Tom, Midgley, Claire M., Tate, Jacqueline E., Killerby, Marie E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8007327/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33754981
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2704.204709
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Sumario:We compared the characteristics of hospitalized and nonhospitalized patients who had coronavirus disease in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. We found that risk for hospitalization increased with a patient’s age and number of concurrent conditions. We also found a potential association between hospitalization and high hemoglobin A1c levels in persons with diabetes.

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