- Tytuł:
- Symptom analysis of confirmed COVID-19 patients - cross sectional study.
- Autorzy:
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Khadija, Khadija
Abbas, Farhat - Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1918243.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2021-12-31
- Wydawca:
- Towarzystwo Pomocy Doraźnej
- Tematy:
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Coronavirus
Cough
COVID-19
Fever
Symptoms - Opis:
- INTRODUCTION: : Coronavirus can cause respiratory disease ranging from mild upper respiratory tract illness to severe pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and death. The purpose of this research was to analyze the relationship of gender and age with symptoms of COVID-19 disease. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Consecutive sampling methodology was used, and all real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) confirmed patients of COVID-19 were included. Data regarding age, gender, and symptoms with onset was recorded and analyzed using Chi-square and Student t-tests with P-value ≤ .05 considered as significant. Data was entered and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25.0 RESULTS: Ninety-eight patients, 68 (69.4%) males and 30 (30.6%) females were included in the study. Fifty-five (56.1%) were symptomatic and the rest were asymptomatic. Mean duration of symptoms in symptomatic cases was 2.8±1.1 days. Of these, 60 (61.85%) were older than 40 years and 17 (17.34%) had a history of travel. Fever and persistent cough were reported by more than 50% patients. Fatigue, sore throat, shortness of breath and myalgias and headaches were reported by 32-21% patients. Nausea, Vomiting, runny nose, sputum, diarrhea and anorexia were reported by less than 11% patients. Fever, dyspnea and nausea were more in individuals over 40 years. Dyspnea was more in males and fatigue was more in females. CONCLUSIONS:Many of our COVID-19 infected patients were symptomatic with fever and cough as the most common symptoms. Recognition of the pattern of these symptoms is essential for early diagnosis and management of the disease.
- Źródło:
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Critical Care Innovations; 2021, 4, 4; 1-8
2545-2533 - Pojawia się w:
- Critical Care Innovations
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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