Characteristics and Outcomes of COVID-19 Patients During Initial Peak and Resurgence in the Houston Metropolitan Area

Farhaan S Vahidy; Ashley L Drews; Faisal N Masud; Roberta L Schwartz; Belimat Billy Askary; Marc L Boom; Robert A Phillips

doi:10.1001/jama.2020.15301

Characteristics and Outcomes of COVID-19 Patients During Initial Peak and Resurgence in the Houston Metropolitan Area

JAMA. 2020 Sep 8;324(10):998-1000. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.15301.

Authors

Farhaan S Vahidy¹, Ashley L Drews², Faisal N Masud³, Roberta L Schwartz⁴, Belimat Billy Askary⁵, Marc L Boom², Robert A Phillips¹

Affiliations

¹ Center for Outcomes Research, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, Texas.
² Department of Medicine, Houston Methodist, Houston, Texas.
³ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Houston Methodist, Houston, Texas.
⁴ Houston Methodist Academic Institute, Houston Methodist, Houston, Texas.
⁵ System Quality and Patient Safety, Houston Methodist, Houston, Texas.

Abstract

This study examined the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients, as well as their clinical outcomes, during a surge in COVID-19 disease in Houston, Texas.

MeSH terms

Adult
Age Factors
Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
COVID-19 Drug Treatment
Coronavirus Infections / drug therapy
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Coronavirus Infections / mortality
Coronavirus Infections / therapy
Critical Care / statistics & numerical data
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / statistics & numerical data
Female
Humans
Length of Stay
Male
Middle Aged
Pandemics*
Patient Acuity
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
Pneumonia, Viral / mortality
Pneumonia, Viral / therapy
Respiration, Artificial / statistics & numerical data
SARS-CoV-2
Socioeconomic Factors
Texas / epidemiology