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ArticleCureus2024

Length of Stay, Readmission Rates, and Mortality Are Similar Between Hospitalized Individuals With Sickle Cell Disease With and Without COVID-19.

Karen A Clarke, Mohamad Moussa, Mary Ann Kirkconnell Hall, Yoo Mee Shin

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Karen A ClarkeDivision of Hospital Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA.
Mohamad MoussaDivision of Hospital Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA.
Mary Ann Kirkconnell HallDivision of Hospital Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA.
Yoo Mee ShinDivision of Hospital Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA.

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Abstract

Background We sought to clarify the impact of COVID-19 on clinical outcomes in sickle cell disease patients, given their baseline hypercoagulable state in combination with COVID-19-related coagulopathies and other complications.  Methods Retrospective chart review of two groups of sickle cell disease patients hospitalized between March 2020 to December 2021: Group 1 did not have COVID-19 (n = 95) and Group 2 did (n = 73).  Results Groups 1 and 2 were similar in terms of age, race, sex, comorbid illnesses, genotype, hydroxyurea use, and opioid use. Group 1 and 2 patients had a mean hospital length of stay of 7.05 and 7.64 days, respectively (p = 0.981). ICU-level care was required for six (6.3%) Group 1 patients and four (5.5%) Group 2 patients (p = 1.000). Readmissions within 30 days occurred for 25 (26.3%) Group 1 patients, and 18 (24.7%) Group 2 patients (p = 0.807). Death occurred for one (1.05%) Group 1 patient and one (1.4%) Group 2 patient (p = 1.000). There were no significant differences in commonly ordered initial laboratory values (total bilirubin, hemoglobin, hematocrit, creatinine, lactate dehydrogenase, and D-dimer) between Group 1 and Group 2 patients.  Conclusions We observed no significant differences in clinical outcomes among sickle cell disease patients hospitalized due to COVID-19 compared to those without COVID-19.

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clinical outcomescovid-19length of staymortalitysickle cell disease

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PMCPMC11524800

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