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Infectious Disease Ping - covid-19 in the USA - hospitalized patients with adverse/severe cases of covid
Of the hospitalized patients, 23% were in an "adverse" group, meaning they suffered the most severe illness.

"The findings are based on an analysis of the electronic health records of more than 7,500 COVID-19 patients from 14 hospitals
in the midwestern United States and 60 primary care clinics in Minnesota.

"Among these patients, all of whom were diagnosed between March 7 and Aug. 25 of last year, just over 1,000 required hospital admission and were included in the study."

"Based on the patients' symptoms, disease course and outcomes -- recovery, hospital discharge or death
-- the researchers sorted them into three phenotypes, or groups, of disease severity.
Of the hospitalized patients, 23% were in an "adverse" group, meaning they suffered the most severe illness."

"This group (adverse/severe) carried a three-fold increased risk for lung complications and seven-fold increased risk for kidney complications
compared to those with more mild disease, the data showed."

"Most of the patients in the group had chronic health conditions, including heart and kidney disease, before infection
and were more likely to be non-White and non-English speaking.
Twenty-seven percent of these(adverse/severe) patients died, according to the researchers."