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ABSTRACT
Introduction
COVID-19 has been responsible for countless deaths during this time.
Objectives
The main objective of this study was to determine if the referred fever of elderly patients admitted for COVID-19 was related to their mortality.
Material and methods
Data were obtained from the 2020 hospital admissions records of the Hospital de San Juan de Alicante, Spain.
Results
Those patients without fever had a greater age and comorbidity. There was not a significant difference related to fever in in-hospital mortality.
Discussion
Previous studies seem to indicate that fever in its early stages has a protective effect rather than a harmful one. Our results confirm this trend. No data have been found in the literature that express the differences of elderly patients admitted for COVID-19 who presented fever versus those who did not in the context of hospital admission.
Conclusion
No significant differences were detected in terms of mortality with respect to the fever variable. However, patients without fever present significantly different laboratory values that could indicate a greater severity in their evolutionary course. For example, patients without fever have significantly higher D-dimer and LDH levels in addition to significantly lower arterial oxygen pressure and PaO2/FiO2 and SpO2/FiO2 ratios.
Disclosure Statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).
Ethics Approval
Research Ethics Committee of the Hospital de San Juan de Alicante. Committee code: 20/057