In‐hospital outcomes in patients with and without epilepsy diagnosed with COVID‐19—A cohort study
Ufongene C, Van Hyfte G, Agarwal P, Blank L, Goldstein J, Mathew B, Lin J, Navis A, McCarthy L, Gururangan K, Peschansky V, Kwon C, Cohen A, Chan A, Dhamoon M, Deng P, Gutzwiller E, Hao Q, He C, Nunez W, Klenofsky B, Lemus H, Marcuse L, Roberts M, Schorr E, Singh A, Tantillo G, Young J, Balchandani P, Festa J, Naasan G, Charney A, Nadkarni G, Jetté N. In‐hospital outcomes in patients with and without epilepsy diagnosed with COVID‐19—A cohort study. Epilepsia 2023, 64: 2725-2737. PMID: 37452760, DOI: 10.1111/epi.17715.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLength of stayNon-routine dischargeCharlson Comorbidity IndexIn-hospital outcomesHigher Charlson comorbidity indexFactors associated with higher oddsIntensive care unitInternational Classification of DiseasesOlder ageAssociated with COVID-19 mortalityRegression modelsClassification of DiseasesDecreased LOSLonger length of stayLogistic regression modelsAssociated with mortalityHealth systemOrdinary least squares regression modelsCOVID-19 mortalityOlder adultsRetrospective study of patientsInternational ClassificationHigher oddsMulticenter health systemEvaluate in-hospital outcomes