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Factors Associated with Length of Hospital Stay among COVID-19 Patients in Saudi Arabia: A Retrospective Study during the First Pandemic Wave

The COVID-19 pandemic severely affected healthcare systems and tested their preparedness. To date, the length of hospital stay (LoHS) and its factors among COVID-19 patients has not been thoroughly studied. Moreover, it is essential to identify the features of these patients. Adult COVID-19 patients...

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Autores principales: Alahmari, Abdullah K., Almalki, Ziyad S., Albassam, Ahmed A., Alsultan, Mohammed M., Alshehri, Ahmed M., Ahmed, Nehad J., Alqahtani, Abdulhadi M.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9316254/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35885728
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10071201
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author Alahmari, Abdullah K.
Almalki, Ziyad S.
Albassam, Ahmed A.
Alsultan, Mohammed M.
Alshehri, Ahmed M.
Ahmed, Nehad J.
Alqahtani, Abdulhadi M.
author_facet Alahmari, Abdullah K.
Almalki, Ziyad S.
Albassam, Ahmed A.
Alsultan, Mohammed M.
Alshehri, Ahmed M.
Ahmed, Nehad J.
Alqahtani, Abdulhadi M.
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description The COVID-19 pandemic severely affected healthcare systems and tested their preparedness. To date, the length of hospital stay (LoHS) and its factors among COVID-19 patients has not been thoroughly studied. Moreover, it is essential to identify the features of these patients. Adult COVID-19 patients in Saudi Arabia with complete electronic medical records and who were hospitalised for >1 day between 1 May 2020 and 30 July 2020 at one of two hospitals were considered for this retrospective cohort study. Descriptive statistics and multivariate generalized linear models were performed using the data. Of the patients, 34% were ≥50 years old and 80.14% were female. More than 70% had mild-to-moderate symptoms; 45% had either diabetes or hypertension. The median LoHS was 7.00 days (IQR: 3–11). Patients who were females, had either critical or severe disease, were on mechanical ventilation, had diabetes, and administered ceftriaxone had significantly longer LoHS (p < 0.05). Patients administered zinc sulphate had significantly shorter LoHS (p = 0.0008). During the first pandemic wave, COVID-19 patients were hospitalised for 7 days. Healthcare professionals should pay more attention to women, patients with diabetes, and those with severe or critical symptoms. Unnecessary use of ceftriaxone should be minimised, and zinc sulphate can be administered.
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spelling pubmed-93162542022-07-27 Factors Associated with Length of Hospital Stay among COVID-19 Patients in Saudi Arabia: A Retrospective Study during the First Pandemic Wave Alahmari, Abdullah K. Almalki, Ziyad S. Albassam, Ahmed A. Alsultan, Mohammed M. Alshehri, Ahmed M. Ahmed, Nehad J. Alqahtani, Abdulhadi M. Healthcare (Basel) Article The COVID-19 pandemic severely affected healthcare systems and tested their preparedness. To date, the length of hospital stay (LoHS) and its factors among COVID-19 patients has not been thoroughly studied. Moreover, it is essential to identify the features of these patients. Adult COVID-19 patients in Saudi Arabia with complete electronic medical records and who were hospitalised for >1 day between 1 May 2020 and 30 July 2020 at one of two hospitals were considered for this retrospective cohort study. Descriptive statistics and multivariate generalized linear models were performed using the data. Of the patients, 34% were ≥50 years old and 80.14% were female. More than 70% had mild-to-moderate symptoms; 45% had either diabetes or hypertension. The median LoHS was 7.00 days (IQR: 3–11). Patients who were females, had either critical or severe disease, were on mechanical ventilation, had diabetes, and administered ceftriaxone had significantly longer LoHS (p < 0.05). Patients administered zinc sulphate had significantly shorter LoHS (p = 0.0008). During the first pandemic wave, COVID-19 patients were hospitalised for 7 days. Healthcare professionals should pay more attention to women, patients with diabetes, and those with severe or critical symptoms. Unnecessary use of ceftriaxone should be minimised, and zinc sulphate can be administered. MDPI 2022-06-27 /pmc/articles/PMC9316254/ /pubmed/35885728 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10071201 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Alahmari, Abdullah K.
Almalki, Ziyad S.
Albassam, Ahmed A.
Alsultan, Mohammed M.
Alshehri, Ahmed M.
Ahmed, Nehad J.
Alqahtani, Abdulhadi M.
Factors Associated with Length of Hospital Stay among COVID-19 Patients in Saudi Arabia: A Retrospective Study during the First Pandemic Wave
title Factors Associated with Length of Hospital Stay among COVID-19 Patients in Saudi Arabia: A Retrospective Study during the First Pandemic Wave
title_full Factors Associated with Length of Hospital Stay among COVID-19 Patients in Saudi Arabia: A Retrospective Study during the First Pandemic Wave
title_fullStr Factors Associated with Length of Hospital Stay among COVID-19 Patients in Saudi Arabia: A Retrospective Study during the First Pandemic Wave
title_full_unstemmed Factors Associated with Length of Hospital Stay among COVID-19 Patients in Saudi Arabia: A Retrospective Study during the First Pandemic Wave
title_short Factors Associated with Length of Hospital Stay among COVID-19 Patients in Saudi Arabia: A Retrospective Study during the First Pandemic Wave
title_sort factors associated with length of hospital stay among covid-19 patients in saudi arabia: a retrospective study during the first pandemic wave
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9316254/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35885728
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10071201
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