Study population No. (%)
Number of patients 227
Age, mean (SD), years 57.7 (± 15.0)
Hospital stay, median (IQR), days 5 (4-8)
Number of drugs, median (IQR) 8 (6-9)
Gender
Male
138 (60.8%)
Female
89 (39.2%)
ICU admission (directly or after admission to the ward) 40 (17.6%)
Death 21 (9.3%)
Chief complaint
Fever
35 (15.4%)
Cough
45 (19.8%)
Dyspnea
128 (56.4%)
Fatigue or myalgia
19 (8.4%)
Any comorbidity1 154 (67.8%)
Hypertension
69 (30.4%)
Obesity (BMI≥30)
63 (27.8%)
Diabetes
54 (23.8%)
Ischemic heart disease
31 (13.7%)
Chronic respiratory diseases (Asthma/COPD)
15 (6.6%)
Neoplasms
10 (4.4%)
Diseases of the genitourinary system
9 (4.0%)
Nervous system disease
8 (3.5%)
Other endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases2
7 (3.1%)
Other diseases of the circulatory system3
7 (3.1%)
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
5 (2.2%)
Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism
4 (1.8%)
Mental and behavioural disorders
3 (1.3%)
Diseases of the digestive system
2 (0.9%)
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
1 (0.4%)