COVID-19 Surges Increased Patient Mortality
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A recent study by scientists at the National Institutes of Health suggests that one in every four COVID-19 deaths in the United States may be attributed to hospitals strained by surging caseloads.
Published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the study looked at data from 150,000 COVID-19 inpatients from 588 hospitals between March and August of 2020.
More than half of those admitted were patients hospitalized during peak COVID-19 surges.
The study found that despite improvements in COVID-19 survival between March and August, surges in hospital COVID-19 caseloads were detrimental to survival and potentially eroded the benefits gained from emerging treatments.
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