Original Research Article
Year: 2022 | Month: June | Volume: 12 | Issue: 6 | Pages: 1-7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20220601
Mortality Pattern of Hospitalised Patients during COVID-19: A Two-Year Retrospective Study in the Tertiary Care Centre in Western Maharashtra
Janender Baghel1, K V Radhakrishna2
1Senior Resident, Dept. of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune-411040.
2 Professor and HOD, Dept. of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune-411040.
Corresponding Author: Janender Baghel
ABSTRACT
Introduction: The pattern of mortality is a key indicator of the consequent health effects. Globally, medical certificates of cause of death and coding of their cause by a qualified physician based on the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) used to collect epidemiological statistics.
Objectives: The study tries to analyse the mortality pattern of in-hospitalized patients and to interpret presence of associated comorbid risk factors resulting in progression and death due to COVID-19.
Material and Methods: The present retrospective study was undertaken in the tertiary care centre in Western Maharashtra between 01 January 2019 to 01 January 2021. The study was done using MCCD documents and ICD-10 to observe the pattern of mortality of in-hospital patients and to analyse the association of comorbid risk factors with the COVID-19 deaths.
Results: The total number 1210 of deaths in this study included, 66.1% male and 33.9% female. The most vulnerable age group was between 61-80 years. The maximum deaths found in Medicine ICU followed by Surgery ICU and COVID ICU/HDU between the timings of 2PM-8PM while their duration of hospital stay was less than 15 days. The major portion of death were occurred due to diseases of Circulatory System. The patients who died due to COVID‐19, mostly with hypertension and diabetes were the underlying comorbidities, as the significant risk factor for deaths (OR= 7.87, 95% CI= 3.47–17.87, χ2 = 62.78, P < 0.005).
Conclusions: The present study agreed with the various studies from India and abroad about diseases of circulatory system is the leading cause of death worldwide and the patients with underlying morbid conditions are more prone for COVID-19 deaths.
Key words: Mortality, MCCD, ICD-10, COVID-19 .