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Article

Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of COVID-19 in West Virginia

by
Sijin Wen
1,
Apoorv Prasad
2,
Kerri Freeland
1,
Sanjiti Podury
3,
Jenil Patel
4,
Roshan Subedi
5,
Erum Khan
6,
Medha Tandon
7,
Saurabh Kataria
8,
Wesley Kimble
9 and
Shitiz Sriwastava
9,10,*
1
Department of Biostatistics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
2
Berkeley Medical Center, Department of Neurology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 25401, USA
3
Department of Medicine, Army College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110010, Delhi, India
4
Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health, Dallas, TX 75235, USA
5
Research Section, Nepal Health Research Council, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal
6
Department of Medicine, B.J. Medical College and Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad 380016, Gujarat, India
7
Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15215, USA
8
Department of Neurology, Louisiana State University, Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA
9
West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
10
Department of Neurology, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Viruses 2021, 13(5), 835; https://doi.org/10.3390/v13050835
Submission received: 15 April 2021 / Revised: 30 April 2021 / Accepted: 3 May 2021 / Published: 5 May 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue COVID-19—Advances in Clinical and Epidemiological Aspects)
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Abstract

This study examines the clinical characteristics, outcomes and types of management in SARS-CoV-2 infected patients, in the hospitals affiliated with West Virginia University. We included patients from West Virginia with SARS-CoV-2 infection between 15 April to 30 December 2020. Descriptive analysis was performed to summarize the characteristics of patients. Regression analyses were performed to assess the association between baseline characteristics and outcomes. Of 1742 patients, the mean age was 47.5 years (±22.7) and 54% of patients were female. Only 459 patients (26.3%) reported at least one baseline symptom, of which shortness of breath was most common. More than half had at least one comorbidity, with hypertension being the most common. There were 131 severe cases (7.5%), and 84 patients (4.8%) died despite treatment. The mean overall length of hospital stay was 2.6 days (±6.9). Age, male sex, and comorbidities were independent predictors of outcomes. In this study of patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection from West Virginia, older patients with underlying co-morbidities had poor outcomes, and the in-hospital mortality was similar to the national average.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; mortality; severity COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; mortality; severity

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Wen, S.; Prasad, A.; Freeland, K.; Podury, S.; Patel, J.; Subedi, R.; Khan, E.; Tandon, M.; Kataria, S.; Kimble, W.; et al. Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of COVID-19 in West Virginia. Viruses 2021, 13, 835. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13050835

AMA Style

Wen S, Prasad A, Freeland K, Podury S, Patel J, Subedi R, Khan E, Tandon M, Kataria S, Kimble W, et al. Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of COVID-19 in West Virginia. Viruses. 2021; 13(5):835. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13050835

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Wen, Sijin, Apoorv Prasad, Kerri Freeland, Sanjiti Podury, Jenil Patel, Roshan Subedi, Erum Khan, Medha Tandon, Saurabh Kataria, Wesley Kimble, and et al. 2021. "Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of COVID-19 in West Virginia" Viruses 13, no. 5: 835. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13050835

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Wen, S., Prasad, A., Freeland, K., Podury, S., Patel, J., Subedi, R., Khan, E., Tandon, M., Kataria, S., Kimble, W., & Sriwastava, S. (2021). Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of COVID-19 in West Virginia. Viruses, 13(5), 835. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13050835

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