Higher Covid Fatality In Patients Below 50 Compared To 65+ Age Group: Study

COVID-19: Data of all the patients who died in the ICU were collected from their electronic medic report for the study including patients daily progress chart as well as nursing notes.

COVID-19 fatality in people under the age of 50 is higher than those above the age of 65, a single-center retrospective study by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi has suggested. A study published in the Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine, authored by AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria, Chief of the AIIMS trauma center Dr Rajesh Malthotra, and several others, covered adult patients who died, admitted between April 4 to July 24, 2020. This study aimed to describe the clinic epidemological feature and the causes of mortality of patients admitted in dedicated covid centres in India. During the study period, a total of 654 adult patients were admitted to the ICU, out of which, 247 died. A mortality per cent of 37.7 per cent was recorded (247 out of 654). Adult patients were further divided into age groups of 18 to 50, 51 to 65 and above 65, to compare their clinical characteristics and outcomes.