Abstract
Introduction: COVID-19 has now become a worldwide health concern. Few studies focused on risk factors predicting the hospitalization time of patients with COVID 19. This study aimed to investigate risk factors associated with long term hospitalization in patients with COVID 19
Methods: A retrospective study was carried out over a period of 5 months from september 2020 to January2021. Discharged patients from the COVID 19 unit of the University hospital of Kairouan, Tunisia were included. Two groups were compared according to the median hospitalization time: long and short time group.
Results: A total of 173 patients were included. The median hospitalization time was 8 days(IQR:5-12). The long time group included 35.5% of patients. The Short time group patients were significantly younger(p=0.004). Sever forms were more frequent in the long time group (p=0.016). The average of oxygen level was significantly higher in the short time group (p=0.002). The pulmonary involvements on the chest CT scan were more important in the long time group (p=0.012). There were no significant differences between two groups concerning biological findings.
Conclusion: In our study, age, sever form, oxygen level and pulmonary involvement in the CT scan were associated with long term hospitalization in patients with COVID 19.
Footnotes
Cite this article as: European Respiratory Journal 2021; 58: Suppl. 65, PA3263.
This abstract was presented at the 2021 ERS International Congress, in session “Prediction of exacerbations in patients with COPD”.
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