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Clinical Characteristics of Covid-19 in Adverse Outcomes

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: The analysis of the results of studies of the medical history of 79 patients who died from COVID-19 was carried out.SARS CoV-2 infection was identified in all patients.Among the patients, men accounted for 64.6%; women -35.4% of the total number of patients.Patients over the age of 57 had a high risk causing an unfavorable outcome, accounting (82.3%) of the total number of cases.The analysis of concomitant diseases showed that in the first place, both men and women, are cardiovascular diseases (72.5% and 60.7%), respectively.The most frequent symptoms upon admission to the hospital were weakness 100%, fever (96.4 -98%), cough (92.9 -98.0%), shortness of breath (92.9 -96.1%), chest pain 74.5% in men and 46.4% in women, respectively, poor appetite (67.9 -88.2%), lack of sense of smell 70.6% and 67.9%, in men and women, respectively, diarrhea (19.6% and 7.1% in men and women, respectively).In general, there were no significant differences in the clinical manifestations of symptoms in men and women (P>0.05).With the progression of the disease, the following complications mainly developed: acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) with cerebral edema (52.9% in men and 42.9% in women), respiratory failure (27.5% and 25.0%) in men and women), disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) (19.6 and 14.3% -for men and women, respectively).The incidence of ARDS in patients was approximately the same, both in men 17.6% and in women (17.9%).Pulmonary embolism is more pronounced in men (5.9%) than in women (3.6%).Sepsis was observed only in men (3.9%).

Source: European Journal of Natural History

DOI: 10.17513/ejnh.34374