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Characteristics of COVID-19 Patients Admitted to the University Hospital of El Biar in Algiers during the First 6 Months of the Epidemic in Algeria: Descriptive Study of 1008 Cases

Speaker(s)

Tebaibia A1, Mammeri A1, Brahimi H1, Ammi M1, AitSaid N2, Lebdjiri M2, Grine S2, Tagzout D1, Hadjene L2, Bradaia H2, Hamrour F1, Hocine O1, Hamouni M2, Toudji N2, Aouadi M2, Khedairia I2, Djafour W2, Bouriah A2, Belkadi A2, Bouabana F2
1Faculty of Medicine, University Algiers 1, Algeria., Algiers, Algeria, 2Department of Internal Medicine, El Biar Hospital, Algiers, Algeria, Algiers, Algeria

OBJECTIVES: Since the onset of the covid-19 epidemic, many studies have been conducted to gather data in order to better anticipate this disease. This study aims to describe the main characteristics of Covid-19 patients during the first six months of the epidemic in Algeria.

METHODS: We conducted a prospective observational study at the University Hospital of El Biar in Algiers between April and September 2020. A pre-established questionnaire recorded comorbidities, clinical symptoms as well as data from physical and complementary examinations.

RESULTS: In the present study, a total of 1008 patients (493 (49%) female, 515 (51%) male), with covid-19 infection were included. The mean age was 52 years old.

Among patients with comorbidities, 311 (30.9%) had hypertension, 236 (23.4%) had diabetes, and 59 (5.9%) had chronic respiratory disease.

A PCR test was performed in 57.6% of patients, with a positive result in 52.5% (529) of them. A computed tomography (CT) scan was performed in 92.8% (935) of patients and identified signs consistent with covid-19 pneumonia in 86.7% of patients, of which 35.1% had a damage of 10-25%.

The most frequent inaugural symptoms were asthenia (71.6%) and cough (56.1%). The most frequent complication was the discovery of diabetes in 37 patients (3.7%), followed by dehydration in 26 patients (2.6%). Severe forms (CT damage > 50% and/or oxygen therapy) represented 10.7% of the cases.

The average hospital stay was of 10 days. A total of 15 patients were admitted to the intensive care unit following an acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), i.e. a prevalence of 1.5%, and 10 deaths were recorded, giving a case fatality rate of 1.0%.

CONCLUSIONS: This study showed that a small proportion of COVID-19 patients were admitted to the ICU and the case fatality rate is similar to what has been observed worldwide.

Code

EPH40

Topic

Clinical Outcomes, Epidemiology & Public Health

Topic Subcategory

Clinical Outcomes Assessment, Public Health

Disease

Infectious Disease (non-vaccine), Respiratory-Related Disorders