Dying 'due to' or 'with' COVID-19: a cause of death analysis in hospitalised patients.
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
coronavirus
Journal
Clinical medicine (London, England)
ISSN: 1473-4893
Titre abrégé: Clin Med (Lond)
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101092853
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
09 2020
09 2020
Historique:
pubmed:
6
8
2020
medline:
3
10
2020
entrez:
6
8
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is accompanied by an ever-rising death toll attributed to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), but questions have persisted regarding deaths formally attributed to COVID-19. We aimed to provide an independent review of clinical features of patients who died during hospitalisation with a positive PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 and relate these to the reported cause of death. Between 23 March and 28 April 2020, a total of 162 patients with a positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR died in our NHS trust. COVID-19 infection was documented as the direct cause of death in 150 (93%). Review of the records revealed 138 (92%) patients had pulmonary infiltrates on chest radiography, and 146 (97%) required oxygen therapy. This retrospective review of cause of death has demonstrated that the overwhelming majority of hospitalised patients with positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR died as a direct consequence of COVID-19 infection.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32753516
pii: clinmed.2020-0440
doi: 10.7861/clinmed.2020-0440
pmc: PMC7539724
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e189-e190Informations de copyright
© Royal College of Physicians 2020. All rights reserved.