Abstract: Journal Pre-proof Predictors of Mortality among inpatients with COVID-19 Infection in a Tertiary Referral Center in the Philippines Anna Flor G. Malundo , Cybele Lara R. Abad , Maria Sonia S. Salamat , Joanne Carmela M. Sandejas , Jonnel B. Poblete , Jose Eladio G. Planta , Shayne Julieane L. Morales , Ron Rafael W. Gabunada , Agnes Lorrainne M. Evasan , Johanna Patricia A. Cañal , Julian A. Santos , Jeffrey T. Manto , Maria Elizabeth P. Mercado , Raniv D. Rojo , Eric David B. Ornos , Marissa M. Alejandria PII: DOI: Reference: S2772-7076(22)00093-5 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijregi.2022.07.009 IJREGI 139 To appear in: IJID Regions Received date: Revised date: Accepted date: 25 February 2022 8 July 2022 11 July 2022 Please cite this article as: Anna Flor G. Malundo , Cybele Lara R. Abad , Maria Sonia S. Salamat , Joanne Carmela M. Sandejas , Jonnel B. Poblete , Jose Eladio G. Planta , Shayne Julieane L. Morales , Ron Rafael W. Gabunada , Agnes Lorrainne M. Evasan , Johanna Patricia A. Cañal , Julian A. Santos , Jeffrey T. Manto , Maria Elizabeth P. Mercado , Raniv D. Rojo , Eric David B. Ornos , Marissa M. Alejandria , Predictors of Mortality among inpatients with COVID-19 Infection in a Tertiary Referral Center in the Philippines, IJID Regions (2022), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijregi.2022.07.009 This is a PDF file of an article that has undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the addition of a cover page and metadata, and formatting for readability, but it is not yet the definitive version of record. This version will undergo additional copyediting, typesetting and review before it is published in its final form, but we are providing this version to give early visibility of the article. Please note that, during the production process, errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Highlights  Our mortality data is comparable to early reports with the wild-type SARS-CoV-2.  Clinical and laboratory monitoring is critical on the 2nd to 3rd week of illness.  Common and inexpensive laboratory tests may aid in the monitoring of patients.  Clinical pathway can be adapted to local data, especially in resource-poor setting. 1 Predictors of Mortality among inpatients with COVID-19 Infection in a Tertiary Referral Center in the Philippines Anna Flor G. Malundoa, Cybele Lara R. Abadb, Maria Sonia S. Salamatb, Joanne Carmela M. Sandejasb, Jonnel B. Pobletec, Jose Eladio G. Plantab, Shayne Julieane L. Moralesb, Ron Rafael W. Gabunadab, Agnes Lorrainne M. Evasanb, Johanna Patricia A. Cañald, Julian A. Santosd, Jeffrey T. Mantod, Maria Elizabeth P. Mercadoe, Raniv D. Rojof, Eric David B. Ornosf, and Marissa M. Alejandriab a. Corresponding author: Address: Division of Infectious Diseases, University of the Philippines – Philippine General Hospital, Taft Avenue, Ermita, Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines Tel No: +63-02-8525-1062 ;+63-961-339-1325 Email: agmalundo@up.edu.ph or annaflormalundo@gmail.com b. Division of Infectious Diseases, University of the Philippines - Philippine General Hospital, Manila, Philippines c. Department of Medicine, University of the Philippines - Philippine General Hospital, Manila,..