Publication date: May 08, 2023
Patients with comorbidities are more vulnerable to severe clinical cases of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and COVID-19 require complex health care. To analyse the association between the individual and combined effects of diabetes, hypertension, and obesity on ARDS mortality rates among patients receiving clinical care. A multicentre study encompassing retrospective data analysis and conducted with 21,121 patients from 6,723 health services across Brazil, during the 2020-2022 time period. The sample group consisted of clinical patients of both sexes and different age groups who received clinical care and showed at least one comorbidity. The data collected were analysed using binary logistic regressions and the Chi-square test. The overall mortality rate was 38. 7%, with a higher predominance among males (p
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| Concepts | Keywords |
|---|---|
| Brazil | comorbidity |
| Complex | COVID-19 |
| Covid | diabetes |
| Diabetes | epidemiology |
| hypertension | |
| obesity |
Semantics
| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | MESH | hypertension |
| disease | MESH | obesity |
| disease | MESH | acute respiratory distress syndrome |
| disease | MESH | COVID-19 |
| disease | VO | time |
| disease | MESH | comorbidity |