NCT04480515 - Does COVID-19 Pandemic Reduce In-hospital Mortality? | Crick

Overview

COVID-19, which emerged in China in December 2019, has become a pandemic with its spread to many countries of the world. Although it is suggested that hospital admissions are reduced due to some reasons such as trauma, during COVID-19 pandemic, it is controversial whether in-hospital mortality rates changed. Therefore this multi-centered study aimed to determine how in-hospital mortality effected during the pandemic period according to the specific patient groups.

COVID-19, which emerged in China in December 2019, has become a pandemic with its spread to many countries of the world. Although it is suggested that hospital admissions are reduced due to some reasons such as trauma, during COVID-19 pandemic, it is controversial whether in-hospital mortality rates changed. Therefore this multi-centered study aimed to determine how in-hospital mortality effected during the pandemic period according to the specific patient groups. Thus, in case of a pandemic, it will be a guide in which patient groups healthcare providers should be more careful about.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

5,000

Conditions

Covid19 In-hospital Cardiac Arrest

Interventions

in-hospital mortality rateOTHER

In-hospital mortality rate during pandemic of 2020 will be compared with the in-hospital mortality rate of the last year's same time period

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Deaths, with all required data available, occurred within the study hospitals * centers Accepted to participate with an informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * lack of consent * lack of data * deaths occurred outside the study hospitals

Locations (1)

Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital

Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

In-hospital mortality

During the pandemic (March-July), deaths occurred in hospital will be evaluated.

Time frame: 4 months