Covid 19
Conditions
Interventions
Covid 19 patients:N/A
Sponsors
MD pathologist; Fundación Santa Fé de Bogotá
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
1 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The study population comprised patients with confirmed or suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection according to the Colombian consensus of attention, diagnostic, and treatment of COVID-19 infection, an expert consensus. Patients were tested for SARS-CoV-2, and the diagnosis was made using the real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (rt-PCR) test or antigens for SARS-CoV-2 test. Those patients who did not undergo molecular tests or tested negative were excluded from the study. All hospitalized patients with more than 5 days and with a positive RT-PCR assay or antigens test for SARS-CoV-2 were included in the study. Positive COVID-19 diagnosis patients lists were recollected on a database used by the Hospital Universitario Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá. Decisions about the necessity of hospitalization were made by emergency physicians in accordance with the same guidelines, and the use of severity-based classification variables, patient clinical state, and paraclinical information, independent of inpatient bed availability. Patients were only included if requiring hospitalization was available at the emergency department, or hospitalization bed, or intensive care unit bed became available.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Transferred patients were not included. Patients who have the infection for the second time.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Laboratory Parameter Finding; | — |
Countries
Colombia
Contacts
Public ContactOscar Martínez Nieto
MD pathologist; Fundación Santa Fé de Bogotá
Outcome results
None listed