MORTALITY OF HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WITH SARS-COV-2 INFECTION IN UNIVERSITY TERTIARY CARE OF ITALY
This study on the mortality trends in hospitalized patients at the University tertiary care Hospital “P. Giaccone” in Palermo (Italy) affected by the SARS-CoV-2 analyses clinical information from necroscopy medical record and death certificates in order to: 1) discern patients who died due to COVID...
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Associazione Italiana Giovani Medici
2023-08-01
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| description | This study on the mortality trends in hospitalized patients at the University tertiary care Hospital “P. Giaccone” in Palermo (Italy) affected by the SARS-CoV-2 analyses clinical information from necroscopy medical record and death certificates in order to: 1) discern patients who died due to COVID-19 (understood as the immediate cause of death, reported in death certificates, the course of the disease documented within a causal chain (immediate and underlying cause) and patients who died of other diseases with SARS-CoV-2 infection as a comorbidity; 2)evaluate the pre-existing conditions of SARS-CoV-2 positive patients and their influence on the mortality rate with reference to the Charlson Comorbidity Index; 3)compare variables concerning patients who died at the University Hospital of Palermo, with data from the National Institute of Health during the analyzed period, in order to strengthen or refute the hypotheses of other studies or to bring in new findings. The results of this retrospective study confirm, in public health terms, the importance of proper certification of cause of death, complete with indications of comorbidities and complications, as it is of fundamental value from both an epidemiological and medico-legal point of view. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f05a30d6f0b44873a39911b16c17bd2b2023-08-10T12:52:00ZengAssociazione Italiana Giovani MediciEuromediterranean Biomedical Journal2279-71652023-08-011818848910.3269/1970-5492.2023.18.18MORTALITY OF HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WITH SARS-COV-2 INFECTION IN UNIVERSITY TERTIARY CARE OF ITALYStefania Zerbo0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1101-0864University of PalermoThis study on the mortality trends in hospitalized patients at the University tertiary care Hospital “P. Giaccone” in Palermo (Italy) affected by the SARS-CoV-2 analyses clinical information from necroscopy medical record and death certificates in order to: 1) discern patients who died due to COVID-19 (understood as the immediate cause of death, reported in death certificates, the course of the disease documented within a causal chain (immediate and underlying cause) and patients who died of other diseases with SARS-CoV-2 infection as a comorbidity; 2)evaluate the pre-existing conditions of SARS-CoV-2 positive patients and their influence on the mortality rate with reference to the Charlson Comorbidity Index; 3)compare variables concerning patients who died at the University Hospital of Palermo, with data from the National Institute of Health during the analyzed period, in order to strengthen or refute the hypotheses of other studies or to bring in new findings. The results of this retrospective study confirm, in public health terms, the importance of proper certification of cause of death, complete with indications of comorbidities and complications, as it is of fundamental value from both an epidemiological and medico-legal point of view.http://www.embj.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Zerbo_18.pdfcovid-19mortalityfrailtycomorbiditytertiary care |
| spellingShingle | Stefania Zerbo MORTALITY OF HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WITH SARS-COV-2 INFECTION IN UNIVERSITY TERTIARY CARE OF ITALY Euromediterranean Biomedical Journal covid-19 mortality frailty comorbidity tertiary care |
| title | MORTALITY OF HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WITH SARS-COV-2 INFECTION IN UNIVERSITY TERTIARY CARE OF ITALY |
| title_full | MORTALITY OF HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WITH SARS-COV-2 INFECTION IN UNIVERSITY TERTIARY CARE OF ITALY |
| title_fullStr | MORTALITY OF HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WITH SARS-COV-2 INFECTION IN UNIVERSITY TERTIARY CARE OF ITALY |
| title_full_unstemmed | MORTALITY OF HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WITH SARS-COV-2 INFECTION IN UNIVERSITY TERTIARY CARE OF ITALY |
| title_short | MORTALITY OF HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WITH SARS-COV-2 INFECTION IN UNIVERSITY TERTIARY CARE OF ITALY |
| title_sort | mortality of hospitalized patients with sars cov 2 infection in university tertiary care of italy |
| topic | covid-19 mortality frailty comorbidity tertiary care |
| url | http://www.embj.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Zerbo_18.pdf |
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