Clinical characteristics of asymptomatic and symptomatic COVID-19 patients in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia
| Autor: | Mohammed Alsaif, Jumana Mansour AlJishi, Ghada Ali Aljanobi, Taaweel Hussain AlAbduljabar, Alya Hassan Alhajjaj, Fatimah Lateef Alkhabbaz, Ahmad Alsaif, Zainab Alghawi, Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq, Kawther Saeed Alomran, Hussain Alsaif |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Adolescent Clinical presentation Organ Dysfunction Scores 030106 microbiology Saudi Arabia Asymptomatic Article lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Diabetes mellitus Epidemiology Medicine Humans lcsh:RC109-216 030212 general & internal medicine Young adult Survival analysis business.industry SARS-CoV-2 lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Significant difference Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health COVID-19 lcsh:RA1-1270 General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Survival Analysis Hospitalization Infectious Diseases Observational study Female medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Infection and Public Health Journal of Infection and Public Health, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 6-11 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 1876-0341 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jiph.2020.11.002 |
| Popis: | Background The first case of COVID-19 infection in Saudi Arabia was reported in Qatif on March 2nd, 2020. Here, we describe the clinical characteristics of the initial COVID-19 patients in that area. Methods This is an observational study describing the clinical presentation, radiographic and laboratory data of COVID-19 cases. Results From March 1st, 2020 to April 5th, 2020 we identified a total of 82 adult COVID-19 patients. The median age of the patients was 50 years, with a range of 30 to 60 years and most of patients were female 54 (65.9%). Of all the patients, 29 (35.4%) were contacts and 43 (52.4%) were returning travelers, mainly from Iraq (65% of the total returning travelers). Comorbidities were present in 50% of patients, G6PD deficiency in 33%, hypertension in 27%, and diabetes mellitus in 26%. Chest radiographs were abnormal in 46% of symptomatic and 15.5% of asymptomatic patients (P value = 0.0035). Of all patients, 4 (4.87%) required intensive care admission. There was no significant difference in time to negative RT-PCR with mean days to negativity of 13.6 and 16.9 for asymptomatic and symptomatic group, respectively (P value = 0.42). Conclusions In the initial Epicenter of the COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia, the majority of the patients were asymptomatic and were returning travelers. Comorbidities were present in nearly half of the patients. |
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