Association of comorbidity and biomarkers with the risk of death by COVID-19 in critically ill patients

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Keywords:

COVID-19, Prognostic factors, Comorbidity, Inflammatory reactants, Mortality.

Abstract

Introduction: severe acute respiratory syndrome became a pandemic, and caused high morbidity and mortality worldwide, since there was no effective treatment or timely recognition of individuals with the worst prognosis.

Objective: to assess the ability to predict the risk of dying in patients with COVID-19, using a model based on prognostic factors.

Methodos: a cohort analytical study was carried out in patients with covid-19 treated in the services of the "COVID-19" hospital of the "Carlos Manuel de Céspedes" provincial general hospital of the Bayamo municipality, Granma province, since january 1, 2020 until december 31, 2022.

Results: the binary logistic regression model adjusted by the introduce method showed that the outstanding factors were, in order of importance, suffering from cancer (OR= 8.21; 95 % CI= 1.58-11.35; p= 0.023) followed by protein C reactive (OR= 7.91; 95 % CI= 4.46-9.87; p= 0.000) and arterial hypertension (OR= 7.15; 95 % CI= 4.41-11.42; p= 0.000). The Hosmer and Lemeshow test with a value of p= 0.582 with an indicator of good calibration of the model. The area under the ROC curve was 0.894 (confidence interval: 0.846-0.942; p=0.000), demonstrating the validity of the model.

Conclusions: the place of a history of cancer and high blood pressure as comorbidity related to the risk of dying from COVID-19is demonstrated, as well as inflammation reactants, where C-reactive protein, lactic dehydrogenase and erythrocyte sedimentation rate stand out. A model with adequate discriminative capacity is obtained.

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Author Biographies

Liannys Lidia Naranjo Flores, Hospital General Provincial Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Bayamo, Granma

Especialista de primer grado en Medicina Interna. Instructor. Hospital Provincial General Carlos Manuel de Cespedes. Baymo

Alexis Álvarez Aliaga, Hospital General Provincial Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Bayamo, Granma

Doctor en Ciencias Médicas. Profesor e investigador titular

Julio César González Aguilera, Hospital General Provincial Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Bayamo, Granma

Doctor en Ciencias Médicas. Profesor e investigador titular

Alexis Suárez Quesada, Hospital General Provincial Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Bayamo, Granma

Doctor en ´Ciencias Médicas. Profesor e investigador titular

Andrés José Quesada Vázquez, Hospital General Provincial Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Bayamo, Granma

Doctor en Ciencias Médicas. Profesor titular

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Published

2023-06-20

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Naranjo Flores LL, Aliaga A Álvarez, González Aguilera JC, Quesada AS, Quesada Vázquez AJ. Association of comorbidity and biomarkers with the risk of death by COVID-19 in critically ill patients. RM [Internet]. 2023 Jun. 20 [cited 2025 Aug. 13];27:e2911. Available from: https://revmultimed.sld.cu/index.php/mtm/article/view/2911

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