Article ; Online: Risk Factors for SARS-CoV-2 Infection, Pneumonia, Intubation, and Death in Northeast Mexico.
2021 Volume 9, Page(s) 645739
Abstract: ... from Nuevo León, Mexico. Cases were: (1) COVID-19-positive patients and COVID-19-positive patients who (2 ... developed pneumonia, (3) were intubated and (4) died. Controls were: (1) COVID-19-negative patients, (2 ... of 2021 in Mexico. Thus, it is necessary to find risk groups that can benefit from more aggressive ...
| Abstract | Despite the social distancing and mobility restriction measures implemented for susceptible people around the world, infections and deaths due to COVID-19 continued to increase, even more so in the first months of 2021 in Mexico. Thus, it is necessary to find risk groups that can benefit from more aggressive preventive measures in a high-density population. This is a case-control study of suspected COVID-19 patients from Nuevo León, Mexico. Cases were: (1) COVID-19-positive patients and COVID-19-positive patients who (2) developed pneumonia, (3) were intubated and (4) died. Controls were: (1) COVID-19-negative patients, (2) COVID-19-positive patients without pneumonia, (3) non-intubated COVID-19-positive patients and (4) surviving COVID-19-positive patients. ≥ 18 years of age, not pregnant, were included. The pre-existing conditions analysed as risk factors were age (years), sex (male), diabetes mellitus, hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, immunosuppression, obesity, cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease and smoking. The Mann-Whitney |
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| MeSH term(s) | Adult ; Aged ; COVID-19 ; Case-Control Studies ; Comorbidity ; Female ; Hospitalization ; Humans ; Intubation, Intratracheal ; Male ; Mexico/epidemiology ; Pneumonia ; Pregnancy ; Risk Factors ; SARS-CoV-2 |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2021-07-05 |
| Publishing country | Switzerland |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ZDB-ID | 2711781-9 |
| ISSN | 2296-2565 ; 2296-2565 |
| ISSN (online) | 2296-2565 |
| ISSN | 2296-2565 |
| DOI | 10.3389/fpubh.2021.645739 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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