印度的三角洲波中的COVID-19死亡率:来自卡纳塔克邦拉曼纳加拉区的一项医院研究
Amita Mukhopadhyay1, Geetha Kb2, Ipsita Debata3
1Community Medicine, Institute of Health Management Research Bangalore (IHMR-B), Bangalore, IND.
Cureus
|September 19, 2023
概括
这项研究分析了卡纳塔克邦德尔塔波期间91名成年COVID-19死亡事件. 高血糖是关键发现,除了发烧和呼吸困难等常见症状,还有糖尿病和高血压等并发症.
科学领域:
- 医学研究 医学研究
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- COVID-19大流行严重影响印度,卡纳塔克邦在2020年3月报告了首例死亡.
- 有限的深入研究存在于印度的COVID-19死亡率数据.
- 这项研究侧重于卡纳塔克邦一家三级护理中心第二波疫情期间的住院死亡率.
研究的目的:
- 在卡纳塔克邦的COVID-19第二波期间,评估第三级护理中心的住院死亡率.
- 为了确定并发症,年龄/性别分布,以及影响COVID-19死亡率的其他因素.
- 分析致命的COVID-19病例的临床和实验室特征.
主要方法:
- 对91名成年COVID-19死亡的回顾性观察分析研究 (2021年4月至8月).
- 从病例表和死亡率审计中收集的数据,包括人口统计,症状,并发症和管理.
- 使用JASP软件进行频率,平均值和二变量/多变量分析.
主要成果:
- 主要是男性 (60%) 患者,平均年龄为53.4岁,大多数年龄在36-65岁之间.
- 常见的症状:发烧,呼吸困难,疲劳. 糖尿病和高血压是常见的并发病.
- 高频率的高血糖症 (83%),短睡,和低的SPO2. 观察到炎症标志物 (WBC,CRP,d-二次体) 的升高.
结论:
- 这项研究突出了卡纳塔克邦德尔塔波期间91名成年COVID-19死亡的临床和实验室特征.
- 高频率的高血糖是致命病例的重要发现.
- 这些发现有助于理解严重的COVID-19的临床相关性和进展.
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