Table 1 Clinical causes of death and documented comorbidities in hospitalized patients with COVID-19.

From: Causes of death and comorbidities in hospitalized patients with COVID-19

Case

Age (years)

Gender

Symptoms to death (days)

Immediate cause of death

Condition leading to cause of death

Underlying cause

Comorbidities and further relevant conditions

1

54

M

16

Hypoxia

ARDS

COVID-19

Active smoking, COPD, HIV-infection, obesity, ventricular fibrillation

2

62

M

11

Sepsis

Pneumonia

COVID-19 infection

Diabetes II, heart failure, hypertension, obesity, OSAS

3

45

F

19

Septic MOF

SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia

Viral pneumonia

Asthma, COPD, hypertension, mesenterial infarction

4

71

M

28

Septic MOF

ARDS

COVID-19 pneumonia

Asthma, atrial fibrillation, hypertension, sinus node arrest

5

79

F

14

Septic shock

ARDS

COVID-19

Hypertension, ischaemic heart disease, obesity, OSAS

6

90

F

12

Respiratory failure

COVID-19 pneumonia

SARS-Cov-2 infection

Atrial fibrillation, chronic renal failure, COPD, dementia, hypertension, ischaemic heart disease, liver cirrhosis

7

79

M

25

Respiratory failure

ARDS

COVID-19 pneumonia

Hemiplegia, pulmonary embolism

8

79

F

20

Cardiovascular failure

Pneumonia

COVID-19

Dementia, diabetes II, hypertension, ischaemic heart disease, rheumatoid arthritis, stroke

9

68

M

34

Sepsis

ARDS

COVID-19

Alcohol abuse, heart failure, obesity

10

61

M

19

Septic shock

ARDS

COVID-19 pneumonia

Active smoking, atrial fibrillation, heart failure, hypertension, ischaemic heart failure, obesity

11

68

F

34

Septic shock

Pneumonia with bacterial superinfection

COVID-19 pneumonia

COPD, hypertension, hyperthyreosis, obesity

12

68

M

5

Pulmonary embolism

Tumor thrombophilia

Squamous cell carcinoma lung

COPD, COVID-19 pneumonia, heart failure, HIV-infection, ischaemic heart disease, stroke, chronic renal failure

13

76

M

13

Septic shock

Pneumonia

COVID-19

Active smoking, heart failure, hypertension, ischaemic heart disease, obesity

14

56

F

27

Septic shock

ARDS

COVID-19 pneumonia

Diabetes II, hypertension, obesity

15

92

M

29

Bacterial superinfection

COVID-19

Atrial fibrillation, dementia, ischaemic heart disease

16

62

M

31

Respiratory failure

COVID-19 pneumonia

Alcohol abuse

Dementia, hypertension, stroke, recent fracture (femur 03/2020)

17

67

F

24

Sepsis

COVID-19 pneumonia

COPD

Atrial fibrillation, chronic intracerebral bleeding, COPD, hypertension, rheumatoid arthritis, stroke

18

81

M

11

Sepsis

COVID-19 pneumonia

Acute renal failure

Atrial fibrillation, diabetes II, hypertension, hyperthyreosis, stroke

19

78

F

n/a

Viral pneumonia

Suspected COVID-19

Small cell lung cancer right lower pulmonary lobe

Atrial fibrillation, hypertension, metastazied lung cancer (brain, liver, bone), obesity, therapy-induced pneumonitis

20

74

M

51

ARDS

Pneumonia

COVID-19

Atrial fibrillation, hypertension, ischaemic heart disease, obesity

21

76

M

51

Sepsis

Pneumonia

COVID-19 infection

Pulmonary embolism

22

30

F

18

Septic shock with MOF

Sepsis

GvHD intestine

COVID-19, history of chemoradiotherapy for Ewing sarcoma

23

77

M

51

Septic shock

ARDS

COVID-19

Hypertension

24

69

M

48

Septic shock

Pneumogenic sepsis

COVID-19 pneumonia

Hypertension

25

57

M

59

Staphylococcus pneumonia

Viral pneumonia

COVID-19

26

74

M

35

MOF

Sepsis

Pneumonia

Aortic valve stenosis, ischaemic heart disease

  1. M male, F female, n/a not available, COVID-19 coronavirus disease 2019, ARDS acute respiratory distress syndrome, ECMO extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, HIV human immunodeficiency virus, SARS-Cov-2 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, OSAS obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, MOF multi-organ failure, GvHD graft-versus-host disease.