Affiliation:
1. Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Campania L. Vanvitelli, 80138 Naples, Italy
2. Department of the Woman and the Child and of General and Specialized Surgery, University of Campania L. Vanvitelli, 80138 Naples, Italy
3. Department of Forensic, Evaluative and Necroscopic Medicine, ASL Napoli 2 Nord, 80027 Naples, Italy
Abstract
Limited data are available on outcomes among COVID-19 patients beyond the acute phase of the disease. All-cause mortality among our COVID-19 patients one year after hospital discharge and factors/conditions associated with death were evaluated. All patients discharged from our COVID center were periodically evaluated by clinical assessment and by digital healthcare registry consultation. All findings acquired on discharge day represented the baseline data and were utilized for statistics. Of the 208 patients admitted, 187 patients were discharged. Among these, 17 patients died within 12 months (non-survivors). Compared to survivors, non-survivor patients were significantly (p < 0.05) older, exhibited significantly greater comorbidities and prevalence of active malignancy, heart failure, and arrhythmias, and showed significantly higher circulating levels of B-type natriuretic peptide, troponin, C-reactive protein, and d-dimer, as well as a longer heart-rate-corrected QT interval and significantly lower values for the glomerular filtration rate. Following multivariate analysis, cancer, arrhythmias, and high C-reactive protein levels were found to be factors independently associated with death. At the one-year follow-up, about 9% of patients discharged from our COVID center had a fatal outcome. Ageing, myocardial injury, impaired renal function, and, in particular, cancer, hyperinflammation, and arrhythmias represented strong predictors of the worst long-term outcome among COVID-19 patients.
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