Publication date: Jul 15, 2023
COVID-19 is associated with mortality in those with comorbidities. The aim of this study was to evaluate in-hospital outcomes in patients with COVID-19 with and without epilepsy. We conducted a retrospective study of patients with COVID-19 admitted in a multicenter health system between March 15, 2020 and May 17, 2021. Patients with epilepsy were identified using a validated ICD-9-CM/ICD-10-CM case definition. Logistic regression models and Kaplan-Meier analyses were conducted for mortality and non-routine discharges (i. e., not discharged home). An ordinary least squares regression model was fitted for length-of-stay (LOS). We identified 9,833 people with COVID-19 including 334 with epilepsy. People with epilepsy had significantly higher ventilator use (37. 70% vs. 14. 30%, p
| Concepts | Keywords |
|---|---|
| Epilepsy | Covid-19 |
| Hospital | epilepsy |
| March | hospital outcomes |
| Models | pre-existing conditions |
Semantics
| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | MESH | epilepsy |
| disease | MESH | COVID-19 |