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Objectives:
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus. Although general and local public health report deathly cases, case fatality rates are still largely unknown. Therefore, this review article has been conducted.
What is the mortality rate of COVID-19?
Study design:
This review article included 33 studies with a total of 13,398 patients with COVID-19 (60% male).
The majority of the included studies were from China (82%), representing 45% of all patients; other studies originated in the USA (n=3), Thailand (n=1), Italy (n=1) and Spain (n=1).
The median follow-up duration of the studies was 29 days, with a minimum value of 9 and a maximum of 52 days.
Results and conclusions:
The investigators found the mortality rate of the COVID-19 patients was 17.1% [95% CI = 12.7 to 22.7, I2 = 96.9%].
The investigators found for general patients admitted to the hospital (excluding critical care-only studies) the mortality rate of the COVID-19 was 11.5% [95% CI = 7.7 to 16.9, I2 = 96.7%].
The investigators found among critical illness studies (n=7) a 40.5% mortality [95% CI = 31.2 to 50.6, I2 = 91.8%].
The investigators concluded high COVID-19 mortality among general admitted patients and critical care cases should guide resources allocations and economic burden calculations during the pandemics.
Original title:
COVID-19 fatality rates in hospitalized patients: systematic review and meta-analysis by Macedo A, Gonçalves N and Cláudia Febra C.
Link:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7920817/
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