All-cause mortality of hospitalised patients with suspected COVID-19 in Sierra Leone: a prospective cohort study.
All-cause mortality of hospitalised patients with suspected COVID-19 in Sierra Leone: a prospective cohort study.
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DOI:
10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057369
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发表时间:
2023-03-01
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Lakoh, Sulaiman
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作者:
Farrant, Olivia;Baldeh, Mamadu;Kamara, Joseph Baio;Bailey, Emma;Sevalie, Stephen;Deen, Gibrilla;Russell, James Baligeh Walter;Youkee, Daniel;Leather, Andy J. M.;Davies, Justine;Lakoh, Sulaiman
To study the mortality of patients with COVID-19 in Sierra Leone, to explore the factors associated with mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic and to highlight the complexities of treating patients with a novel epidemic disease in a fragile health system. A prospective single-centre cohort study. Data were extracted from paper medical records and transferred onto an electronic database. Specific indicators were compared between survivors and non-survivors, using descriptive statistics in Stata V.17. The infectious diseases unit (IDU) at Connaught Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone Participants were all patients admitted to the IDU between March and July 2020. The primary outcome of the study was to examine the all-cause mortality of hospitalised patients with suspected COVID-19 in Sierra Leone and the secondary outcome measures were to examine factors associated with mortality in patients positive for COVID-19. 261 participants were included in the study. Overall, 41.3% of those admitted to the IDU died, compared with prepandemic in-hospital mortality of 23.8%. Factors contributing to the higher mortality were COVID-19 infection (aOR 5.61, 95% CI 1.19 to 26.30, p=0.02) and hypertension (aOR 9.30, 95% CI 1.18 to 73.27, p=0.03) This study explores the multiple factors underpinning a doubling in facility mortality rate during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sierra Leone. It provides an insight into the realities of providing front-line healthcare during a pandemic in a fragile health system.
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影响因子:
8.1
作者:
Barrie MB;Lakoh S;Kelly JD;Kanu JS;Squire JS;Koroma Z;Bah S;Sankoh O;Brima A;Ansumana R;Goldberg SA;Chitre S;Osuagwu C;Frankfurter R;Maeda J;Barekye B;Numbere TW;Abdulaziz M;Mounts A;Blanton C;Singh T;Samai M;Vandi M;Richardson ET
通讯作者:
Richardson ET
影响因子:
3.7
作者:
Lakoh, Sulaiman;Rickman, Hannah;Beynon, Fenella
通讯作者:
Beynon, Fenella
影响因子:
4.4
作者:
Kelly JD;Weiser SD;Tsai AC
通讯作者:
Tsai AC
DOI:
10.1001/jama.2020.6775
发表时间:
2020-01-01
期刊:
JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association
影响因子:
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作者:
Richardson, Safiya;Hirsch, Jamie S.;,
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影响因子:
3.7
作者:
Kassa, Getachew;Dougherty, Gillian;Rabkin, Miriam
通讯作者:
Rabkin, Miriam