Clinical Profile of COVID-19 Patients in Nangarhar University Teaching Hospital

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Vol. 1 No. 01 (2022): August

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Saifullah Hadi
Del Aqa Del
Aimal Shirzay

Abstract

Background: The coronavirus COVID-19, causing severe acute respiratory syndrome and patients’ mortality in considerable proportion, has affected 220 countries. There was no description of the clinical profiles such as demography (sex, age), and co-morbidities of COVID-19 patients in Eastern Region of Afghanistan, comprising Nangarhar, Nuristan, Kunar, and Laghman provinces. A vast majority of patients from these areas refer to Nangarhar University Teaching Hospital for health issues. Therefore, the researchers compiled a descriptive profile of the patients from this particular area. 
Materials and Methods: It was a descriptive record based study of Medical Ward, Nangarhar University Teaching Hospital. The number of profiled patients was 50, with age over 18 years old. The patient's samples were sent to Nangarhar Public Health Hospital for confirmation in Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for SARS-CoV-2 examination.
Findings: Out of 50 COVID-19 affected patients, 68% were females and 32% were males. The mean age was (53±17). According to the clinical profiles, 8% had no symptoms and most common ones were fever (80%), cough (60%) and dyspnea (10%). The major comorbidities were respiratory disease (56%), hypertension (38%), Diabetes Mellitus (16%), Heart Failure (12%), obesity (10%) and chronic kidney disease (4%).
Conclusion: The study concluded that the event was more common in females and aged persons than males and young patients. Fever was obviously common among all the identified patients. COVID-19 was severe in patients with respiratory diseases and hypertension.

Keywords

COVID-19, Demography, Clinical profiles, Comorbidities, Afghanistan

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Hadi, S., Del, D. A., & Shirzay, A. (2022). Clinical Profile of COVID-19 Patients in Nangarhar University Teaching Hospital. NUIJB, 1(01), 30–36. Retrieved from https://nuijb.nu.edu.af/index.php/nuijb/article/view/6

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