Length of stay in intensive care unit and characteristics of COVID-19 patients: a single-center observational retrospective study in Hospital Metropolitano, Quito, Ecuador
Abstract:Introduction: COVID-19 has been identified by the World Health Organization as a global pandemic. Objectives: The study aims at presenting data on COVID-19 hospitalization cases from march 2020 to January 2021 in Hospital Metropolitano of Quito, Ecuador. Methods: Retrospective study in 515 hospitalization records from adult subjects. Results: We included 332 males and 183 females, 91 patients were admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) and the mean (±SD) length of ICU stay was 13.5 ± 8.2 days and mean (±SD… Show more
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