Characteristics and Clinical Outcomes of 116,539 Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19—Poland, March–December 2020

Gujski, Mariusz; Jankowski, Mateusz; Rabczenko, Daniel; Goryński, Paweł; Juszczyk, Grzegorz

doi:10.3390/v13081458

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“…Previous studies showed that older age, male sex, and presence of comorbidities are associated with severe course of COVID 19 [1,3,[22][23][24]. However, there is limited data primarily focused on the factors associated with the development of ARDS among patients hospitalized with COVID-19, as well as the risk of in-hospital death among patients with COVID-19-associated ARDS.…”

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The Prevalence of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) and Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19—A Study Based on Data from the Polish National Hospital Register

Gujski

Jankowski

Rabczenko

et al. 2022

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Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a serious complication of COVID-19. This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of ARDS among patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Poland as well as to characterize clinical outcomes in patients hospitalized with COVID-19-associated ARDS. This is a retrospective, secondary analysis of epidemiological data from 116,539 discharge reports on patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Poland between March and December 2020. The overall prevalence of ARDS was 3.6%, respectively 2.9% among females, and 4.4% among males (p < 0.001). Of the 4237 patients hospitalized with COVID-19-associated ARDS, 3764 deaths were reported (88.8%). Participants aged 60 years and over had more than three times higher odds of COVID-19-associated ARDS. Men had higher odds of COVID-19-associated ARDS than women (OR = 1.55; 95% CI: 1.45–1.65; p < 0.001). Patients with COVID-19 and diabetes had higher odds of COVID-19-associated ARDS (OR = 1.16; 95% CI: 1.03–1.30; p = 0.01). Among patients with COVID-19-associated ARDS, older age, male sex (OR = 1.27; 95% CI: 1.03–1.56; p = 0.02), and presence of cardiovascular diseases (OR = 1.26; 95% CI: 1.00–1.59; p = 0.048) were significantly associated with the risk of in-hospital death. Among patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Poland, the prevalence of ARDS was relatively low, but the in-hospital mortality rate in patients with COVID-19-associated ARDS was higher compared to other EU countries.

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“…All patients with a medical diagnosis of COVID-19 (diagnosis codes: U07.1 or U7.02) were included in the analysis. A similar approach was applied in previous papers on hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in Poland, where the data source was medical registers [22][23][24].…”

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The Prevalence of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) and Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19—A Study Based on Data from the Polish National Hospital Register

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Rabczenko

et al. 2022

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“…Many studies have shown that older age and comorbidities, such as cancer, are risk factors for severe disease, complications, and death from COVID-19 [16,17]. For example, Gujski et al [5] showed that older age, male gender. and the presence of comorbidities is associated with the risk of in-hospital death associated with COVID-19.…”

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“…Each patient with COVID-19 requiring hospitalization had the option of free hospitalization under the public health care system. Due to differences in health care systems and the number of tests for SARS-CoV-2 infections in individual countries, data on the trend of COVID-19 infections due to socio-demographic features and the presence of diseases such as cancer are necessary [5].…”

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SARS-CoV-2 Infection Prevalence in the Population of South-Eastern Poland

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COVID-19 outbreak began in Wuhan, China, and has spread to other continents, including Europe, placing pressure on healthcare systems. Poland is one of the European countries with the highest number of SARS-CoV-2 infections and COVID-19-related deaths. The aim of this study was to analyze the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in the population of south-eastern Poland. The correlation between viral infection and demographic data (gender, age, place of residence) and cancer was also investigated. A total of 44,801 samples were tested, of which 4862 cases were diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infections. A total of 14,970 samples were tested in cancer patients. The RT-PCR method was used to detect viral nucleic acid. In this study, significantly, the highest rate of virus detection was among people living in Lublin and the lowest among people living in a small town (p < 0.0001). Moreover, there was no significant relationship between sex and the frequency of virus detection. The highest number of SARS-CoV-2 infections was observed in the age groups 10–19, 20–29, 30–39, and 90+ (p = 0.0001). In cancer patients, the percentage of positive cases was significantly lower than in the rest (p = 0.0001).

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“…Uważa się, że pochodzi on od zwierząt takich jak nietoperze, węże czy łuskowce, a do transmisji na człowieka doszło na targu rybnym [1,3]. Do zakażenia dochodzi głównie drogą kropelkową, gdy osoba zakażona SARS-CoV-2 kicha, kaszle lub mówi [5,6]. Objawy choroby COVID-19 obejmują gorączkę, kaszel i zmęczenie, rzadziej występują nudności i biegunka [5,7].…”

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Sickness absence during the COVID-19 pandemic

Kobuszewski

2021

J Educ Health Sport

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The aim of this research was to perform comparative analysis of the publicly avaiable data of the Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) on sickness absence of insured persons in Poland in 2016-2021 (before the outbreak and during the COVID-19 pandemic). Materials and methods. The research material consisted of data from the Social Insurance Institution for the years 2016-2021 (Q1) concerning the sickness absence of the insured. Due to the publication of data in an aggregated form, quantitative analysis was performed instead of statistical analysis. The data used in the analysis included the number of insured persons, the number of people receiving sickness benefits, the number of issued medical certificates on temporary incapacity to work and the reasons for the incapacity to work. Results and Conclusion. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, following numbers have increased compared to 2019: the number of people receiving sickness benefit in Poland (by 10%), the number of days of sickness absence (by 7%) and the number of issued medical certificates of temporary incapacity for work (by 4%). The largest increase in the number of beneficiaries, the number of days of sickness absence and the number of medical certificates was recorded in the Q4 of 2020 (respectively by 21%, 16% and 24% compared to Q4 of 2019). Due to COVID-19, 4.84 million days of sickness absence were used in 2020 – it was the tenth cause of absence. The largest changes in the number of people receiving sickness benefit and the number of days of sickness absence can be observed in Q1 and Q4, which may result from the seasonality of COVID-19 and the subsequent wave of infections. Importantly, COVID-19 is not the only factor contributing overall increase in the number of days of sickness absence in Poland – absence due to non-communicable diseases also increased during the pandemic.

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Characteristics and Clinical Outcomes of 116,539 Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19—Poland, March–December 2020

Cited by 27 publications

References 23 publications

The Prevalence of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) and Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19—A Study Based on Data from the Polish National Hospital Register

The Prevalence of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) and Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19—A Study Based on Data from the Polish National Hospital Register

SARS-CoV-2 Infection Prevalence in the Population of South-Eastern Poland

Sickness absence during the COVID-19 pandemic

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