Declining Mortality Rate of Hospitalised Patients in the Second Wave of the COVID-19 Epidemics in Italy: Risk Factors and the Age-Specific Patterns

Declining Mortality Rate of Hospitalised Patients in the Second Wave of the COVID-19 Epidemics in Italy: Risk Factors and the Age-Specific Patterns

Background: Mortality rate from COVID-19 in Italy is among the world’s highest. We aimed to ascertain whether there was any reduction of in-hospital mortality in patients hospitalised for COVID-19 in the second-wave period (October 2020–January 2021) compared to the first one (February–May 2020); fu...

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Main Authors: Antonella D’Arminio Monforte, Alessandro Tavelli, Francesca Bai, Daniele Tomasoni, Camilla Falcinella, Roberto Castoldi, Diletta Barbanotti, Giovanni Mulè, Marina Allegrini, Elisa Suardi, Daniele Tesoro, Gianmarco Tagliaferri, Debora Mondatore, Matteo Augello, Andrea Cona, Tomaso Beringheli, Nicole Gemignani, Matteo Sala, Benedetta Varisco, Francesco Molà, Sofia Pettenuzzo, Lorenzo Biasioli, Alessandro Copes, Lidia Gazzola, Ottavia Viganò, Camilla Tincati, Anna De Bona, Teresa Bini, Giulia Marchetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-09-01
Series:Life
Subjects:
COVID-19
hospitalised patients
age
in-hospital mortality rate
first and second wave of epidemics
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/11/9/979

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