دورية أكاديمية
Severity Index and Outcome of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients in Capital Hospital, CDA, Islamabad
| العنوان: | Severity Index and Outcome of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients in Capital Hospital, CDA, Islamabad |
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| المؤلفون: | Aziz un Nisa, Lubna Meraj, Khizra Maqbool, Ifrah Ayaz, Anam Batool, Nadia Shams |
| المصدر: | Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College, Vol 25, Iss 1 (2021) |
| بيانات النشر: | Rawalpindi Medical University, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Medicine |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Covid-19, Coronavirus-disease, Pandemic, Covid Severity Index, mortality., Medicine |
| الوصف: | Objective: To assess clinical characteristics and outcome of patients with Covid-19 infection. Study design: Descriptive cross-sectional study. Place and duration of study: Department of Medicine, Capital Hospital Islamabad from February 01, 2021 to April 25, 2021. Methodology: A manual medical record of total of 221 patients was conducted, more than 18 years of age, both genders, who presented with features suggestive of Covid-19 infection were included. Patients were tested for COVID-19 PCR, blood complete picture and inflammatory markers. The data was analyzed by using SPSS version 42. Results: Among 221 patients, there were 125(56.6%) males and 96(43.4%) females. Mean age was 57.20+13.17 years. Total 155(70%) cases were Covid PCR +ve and 66(30%) –ve. 86(38.9%) cases had mild, 91(41.2%) had moderate and 44(19.9%) had severe covid-19 infection. Lymphopenia was observed in 154(69.7%) cases. C-reactive protein was positive in 178(80.5%) cases. Serum ferritin was raised in 114(51.5%) cases, D-dimers in 139(66.9%), lactic dehydrogenase in 167(75.5%) cases with significant association with disease severity. Serum interleukin, performed in moderate and severe cases only, had mean value of 54.1+105.94pg/ml. Diabetes mellitus was found significantly associated with mortality (p=0.007) as well as hypertension (p |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1683-3562 1683-3570 |
| Relation: | https://www.journalrmc.com/index.php/JRMC/article/view/1684; https://doaj.org/toc/1683-3562; https://doaj.org/toc/1683-3570 |
| DOI: | 10.37939/jrmc.v25i1.1684 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/d98dcf8b0ccc4b78a1998f9b952e3a65 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.98dcf8b0ccc4b78a1998f9b952e3a65 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 16833562 16833570 |
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| DOI: | 10.37939/jrmc.v25i1.1684 |