Clinical Characteristics and Risk Factors for Mortality in Critical COVID-19 Patients Aged 50 Years or Younger During Omicron Wave in Korea: Comparison With Patients Older Than 50 Years of Age

CONCLUSION: Overall, the S-CFR of critically ill COVID-19 patients in the omicron period was higher than that in the delta period, especially in those aged ≤ 50 years. All of the patients who died had an underlying disease or obesity. In the same population, the vaccination rate was very low compared to that in the delta wave, indicating that non-vaccination significantly affected the progression to critical illness. Notably, there was a lack of prescription for Paxlovid for these patients although they satisfied the prescription criteria. Early diagnosis and active initial treatment was necessary, along with the proven methods of vaccination and personal hygiene. Further studies are needed to determine how each variant affects critically ill patients.PMID:37463688 | PMC:PMC10353914 | DOI:10.3346/jkms.2023.38.e217

Source: J Korean Med Sci - July 18, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Hye Jin Shi Jinyoung Yang Joong Sik Eom Jae-Hoon Ko Kyong Ran Peck Uh Jin Kim Sook In Jung Seulki Kim Hyeri Seok Miri Hyun Hyun Ah Kim Bomi Kim Eun-Jeong Joo Hae Suk Cheong Cheon Hoo Jun Yu Mi Wi Jungok Kim Sungmin Kym Seungjin Lim Yoonseon Park Source Type: research