• Panminerva medica · Mar 2021

    Observational Study

    At the peak of COVID-19 age and disease severity but not comorbidities are predictors of mortality: COVID-19 burden in Bergamo, Italy.

    • Luca Novelli, Federico Raimondi, Arianna Ghirardi, Dario Pellegrini, Davide Capodanno, Giovanni Sotgiu, Giulio Guagliumi, Michele Senni, Filippo M Russo, Ferdinando L Lorini, Marco Rizzi, Tiziano Barbui, Alessandro Rambaldi, Roberto Cosentini, Lorenzo S Grazioli, Gianmariano Marchesi, Giuseppe F Sferrazza Papa, Simonetta Cesa, Michele Colledan, Roberta Civiletti, Caterina Conti, Monica Casati, Francesco Ferri, Stefania Camagni, Maria Sessa, Arianna Masciulli, Antonello Gavazzi, Anna Falanga, Luigi F DA Pozzo, Sabrina Buoro, Giuseppe Remuzzi, Piero Ruggenenti, Annapaola Callegaro, Lorenzo D'Antiga, Luisa Pasulo, Fabio Pezzoli, Andrea Gianatti, Piercarlo Parigi, Claudio Farina, Antonio Bellasi, Paolo Solidoro, Sandro Sironi, Fabiano DI Marco, Stefano Fagiuoli, and HPG23 COVID-19 Study Group.
    • Unit of Pulmonary Medicine, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy.
    • Panminerva Med. 2021 Mar 1; 63 (1): 51-61.

    BackgroundFindings from February 2020, indicate that the clinical spectrum of COVID-19 can be heterogeneous, probably due to the infectious dose and viral load of SARS-CoV-2 within the first weeks of the outbreak. The aim of this study was to investigate predictors of overall 28-day mortality at the peak of the Italian outbreak.MethodsRetrospective observational study of all COVID-19 patients admitted to the main hospital of Bergamo, from February 23 to March 14, 2020.ResultsFive hundred and eight patients were hospitalized, predominantly male (72.4%), mean age of 66±15 years; 49.2% were older than 70 years. Most of patients presented with severe respiratory failure (median value [IQR] of PaO2/FiO2: 233 [149-281]). Mortality rate at 28 days resulted of 33.7% (N.=171). Thirty-nine percent of patients were treated with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), 9.5% with noninvasive ventilation (NIV) and 13.6% with endotracheal intubation. 9.5% were admitted to Semi-Intensive Respiratory Care Unit, and 18.9% to Intensive Care Unit. Risk factors independently associated with 28-day mortality were advanced age (≥78 years: odds ratio [OR], 95% confidence interval [CI]: 38.91 [10.67-141.93], P<0.001; 70-77 years: 17.30 [5.40-55.38], P<0.001; 60-69 years: 3.20 [1.00-10.20], P=0.049), PaO2/FiO2<200 at presentation (3.50 [1.70-7.20], P=0.001), need for CPAP/NIV in the first 24 hours (8.38 [3.63-19.35], P<0.001), and blood urea value at admission (1.01 [1.00-1.02], P=0.015).ConclusionsAt the peak of the outbreak, with a probable high infectious dose and viral load, older age, the severity of respiratory failure and renal impairment at presentation, but not comorbidities, are predictors of 28-day mortality in COVID-19.

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