Clinical characteristics associated with mortality of COVID-19 patients admitted to an intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital in South Africa.

Clinical characteristics associated with mortality of COVID-19 patients admitted to an intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital in South Africa.

<h4>Background</h4>Over 130 million people have been diagnosed with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and more than one million fatalities have been reported worldwide. South Africa is unique in having a quadruple disease burden of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, human immunodeficiency...

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Main Authors: Peter S Nyasulu, Birhanu T Ayele, Coenraad F Koegelenberg, Elvis Irusen, Usha Lalla, Razeen Davids, Yazied Chothia, Francois Retief, Marianne Johnson, Stephen Venter, Renilda Pillay, Hans Prozesky, Jantjie Taljaard, Arifa Parker, Eric H Decloedt, Portia Jordan, Sa'ad Lahri, M Rafique Moosa, Muhammad Saadiq Moolla, Anteneh Yalew, Nicola Baines, Padi Maud, Elizabeth Louw, Andre Nortje, Rory Dunbar, Lovemore N Sigwadhi, Veranyuy D Ngah, Jacques L Tamuzi, Annalise Zemlin, Zivanai Chapanduka, René English, Brian W Allwood
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279565

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279565

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