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Clinical Presentation and Outcome of Sars Cov2 Patients Admitted In Intensive Care Unit

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Dr. G. Nikhil Swarup, Dr. Payal Jain, Ms. Mahima Singh
ยป doi: 10.33472/AFJBS.6.6.2024.7243-7250

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Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by Severe acute Respiratory Syndrome corona virus-2(SARS-CoV-2) infection has spread rapidly across the world and it is an international public health emergency. COVID-19 is an emerging disease all over the world and spreading at an unpredicted rate. The literature has been limited and the study was undertaken to assess the characteristics, clinical presentation, and outcomes of patients admitted in ICU with COVID 19 infection. Aims and objectives: Aim of the study is to determine the clinical characteristics and outcome of the SARS CoV2 patients admitted in intensive care unit. To assess the clinical features of COVID 19 infected patients and their correlation with ICU stay significance of laboratory parameters with the severity of disease and correlate with the outcome. Material and Methods: It is an Observational prospective study. After approval from the Institutional Scientific Research Committee and Ethical committee. After written informed consent all patients who are RT-PCR positive and above the age of >18 years satisfying inclusion and exclusion criteria who are admitted in intensive care unit are included in the study statistical analysis was performed by statistical software SPSS version 21.0. Results: Majority of the study population belonged to 60-70 years (30.8%) of which 87 (72.5%) males and 33 (27.5%) females. Mortality was reported among 30.8% subjects. The mean Days in ICU were significantly more among Discharge and referred group compared to Mortality group. Conclusion: Critical illness among patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 is common and associated with a high frequency of invasive mechanical ventilation, and substantial in hospital mortality. Outcome and clinical presentations in of SARS-CoV-2 positive ICU patients are still not well defined and there is a need for further multicentre studies to add to the literature to the clinical impact of SARS-CoV-2 associations of various parameters.

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