Epidemiological Characteristics of Death Cases by Covid-19 at Duc Giang General Hospital From January to February, 2022

Abstract

The study was conducted to describe the epidemiological characteristics of the patients who died of COVID-19 at Duc Giang General Hospital from January to February, 2022. This is a cross-sectional study using quantitative methods. Research result shows that: Mortality accounted for 27% of hospitalizations; Rate of deaths in the first 24 hours and 1-7 days were 6% and 49,1%, respectively; The majority of death cases were over 70 years old (90,7%); 74,7% mortal patients had comorbidities: hypertension (47,6%), cardiovascular disease (22,3%), cerebral stroke (17,5%); 31,6% mortal patients had vaccination of Covid 19, of which, 17,8% got full vaccination. Clinical classification upon admission: 46,4% critical, 40,8% severe, 9% medium 3,8% mild; Common causes of death included: respiratory failure (84,4%), Sepsis (37,2%), heart failure (32,3%).