@article{article_922646, title={Features on ECG During Admission May Predict in-hospital Events for COVID-19 Patients}, journal={Konuralp Medical Journal}, volume={13}, pages={401–410}, year={2021}, DOI={10.18521/ktd.922646}, url={https://izlik.org/JA53FB53BC}, author={Harbalıoğlu, Hazar and Genc, Omer and Alıcı, Gökhan and Quisi, Alaa and Yıldırım, Abdullah}, keywords={ECG, QRS duration, QT dispersion, COVID-19, ICU admission}, abstract={Objective: To evaluate the association of ECG features obtained on admission with treating units and in-hospital all-cause mortality in COVID-19 patients. Methods: A total of 172 consecutive hospitalized patients with COVID-19 diagnosed by detecting severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) with real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method between 15 May and 17 June 2020 were enrolled in the study. Laboratory parameters and findings on ECG obtained during admission were recorded. Criteria for hospitalization and intensive care unit (ICU) admission were determined in accordance with interim guidance of the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization. Patients were grouped according to their in-hospital mortality status, survivors and non-surviors and units where patients are treated, intensive care unit and in-patient room. Results: The median age was significantly higher in the non-survivors group and, in the patients treated in ICU (p <0.05, for both). PR duration, P dispersion, QRS duration, QTc duration, and QT dispersion were significantly longer in patients treated in the ICU (p <0.001, for all), whilst PR duration, P dispersion, QRS duration, QT dispersion and QTc interval were significantly longer in the non-survivors group (p <0.05, for all). QT dispersion (OR: 1.093, 95% Cl: 1.018 + 1.174, p = 0.014) predicted admission to ICU, whereas QRS duration (OR: 1.045, 95% Cl: 1.000-1.091, p = 0.049) predicted in-hospital all-cause mortality in patients with COVID-19. Conclusion: Findings on ECG during admission could be independently associated with treating units and in-hospital all-cause mortality in COVID-19 patients.}, number={S1}