Does COVID-19 Pandemic Reduce In-hospital Mortality?

Completed

• Conditions: In-hospital Cardiac Arrest; Covid19

• Registration Number: NCT04480515
• Lead Sponsor: Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

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 Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-03-11
• Primary Completion: 2020-06-15
• Study Completion: 2020-06-30
• Status Verified: 2020-07
• Study First Submitted: 2020-07-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-07-17
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-07-17
• Study First Posted: 2020-07-21
• Last Update Posted: 2020-07-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 5000

Inclusion Criteria

• Deaths, with all required data available, occurred within the study hospitals
• centers Accepted to participate with an informed consent

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Exclusion Criteria

• lack of consent
• lack of data
• deaths occurred outside the study hospitals

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
In-hospital mortality	4 months	During the pandemic (March-July), deaths occurred in hospital will be evaluated.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital; 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey