作者
Olubunmi Oladunjoye, Molly Gallagher, Tom Wasser, Adeolu Oladunjoye, Susmita Paladugu, Anthony Donato
发表日期
2021/11/2
期刊
Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives
卷号
11
期号
6
页码范围
747-752
出版商
Taylor & Francis
简介
Background
The USA suffered an initial wave of COVID-19 cases from March to July in 2020. Cases again surged in August 2020 as business restrictions were lifted. We aimed to describe demographic, treatment, and mortality differences between both waves.
Methods
We identified all hospitalized patients with COVID-19 infection in one US six-hospital health system between 1 March 2020 and 31 January 2021. We compared data obtained on patient demographics, treatment received, and mortality between first and second waves of the pandemic.
Results
A total of 4434 hospitalized COVID patients were identified, including 1313 patients in the first wave and 3121 patients in the second wave. Mortality was significantly higher in the first wave as compared to the second wave (23.2% vs. 12.3%, p < 0.001). Age and sex were similar in each wave. In the first wave, there were significantly more Non-Hispanic Black …
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