PropertyValue
?:abstract
  • The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is accompanied by an ever-rising death toll attributed to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), but questions have persisted regarding deaths formally attributed to COVID-19. We aimed to provide an independent review of clinical features of patients who died during hospitalisation with a positive PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 and relate these to the reported cause of death. Between 23 March and 28 April 2020, a total of 162 patients with a positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR died in our NHS trust. COVID-19 infection was documented as the direct cause of death in 150 (93%). Review of the records revealed 138 (92%) patients had pulmonary infiltrates on chest radiography, and 146 (97%) required oxygen therapy. This retrospective review of cause of death has demonstrated that the overwhelming majority of hospitalised patients with positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR died as a direct consequence of COVID-19 infection.
?:creator
?:doi
  • 10.7861/clinmed.2020-0440
?:doi
?:journal
  • Clinical_medicine
?:license
  • unk
?:pmid
?:pmid
  • 32753516
?:publication_isRelatedTo_Disease
?:source
  • Medline
?:title
  • Dying \'due to\' or \'with\' COVID-19: a cause of death analysis in hospitalised patients.
?:type
?:year
  • 2020-08-03

Metadata

Anon_0  
expand all