#Age, #sex, and #comorbidities predict #ICU admission or #mortality in cases with #SARS-CoV2 infection: a population-based cohort study (Crit Care, summary)

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Age, sex, and comorbidities predict ICU admission or mortality in cases with SARS-CoV2 infection: a population-based cohort study

Filipe S. Cardoso, Ana L. Papoila, Rita Sá Machado & Pedro Fidalgo

Critical Care volume 24, Article number: 465 (2020)

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Dear Editor, Previous studies have identified risk factors for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) severe outcomes preferentially among hospitalized patients; therefore, they may have understated the denominator of such estimations [1, 2]. We aimed to determine pre-hospital risk factors and estimate individual probabilities of SARS-CoV2 severe outcomes among a nationwide cohort of cases of SARS-CoV2 infection, including those with and without hospitalization.

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Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; Intensive Care; Portugal.

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