Department of Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery, Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital, Ministry of Health, South Surra, Kuwait.
Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Health Sciences Center (HSC), Kuwait University, Jabriya, Kuwait.
PLoS One. 2020 Nov 20;15(11):e0242768. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242768. eCollection 2020.
This is a retrospective single-center study of 417 consecutive patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) admitted to Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital in Kuwait between February 24, 2020 and May 24, 2020. In total, 39.3% of patients were asymptomatic, 41% were symptomatic with mild/moderate symptoms, 19.7% were admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). Most common symptoms in cohort patients were fever (34.3%) and dry cough (32.6%) while shortness in breath was reported in (75.6%) of ICU admissions. Reported complications requiring ICU admission included Sepsis (68.3%), acute respiratory distress syndrome (95.1%) and heart failure (63.4%). ICU patients were more likely to have comorbidities, in comparison to non-ICU patients, including diabetes (35.4% vs 20.3%) and hypertension (40.2% vs 26.9%). Mortality rate of cohort was 14.4% and mean age of death was 54.20 years (± 11.09) and 90% of death cases were males. Chest high-resolution computed tomography for ICU cases reveled multifocal large patchy areas of ground glass opacification mixed with dense consolidation. Cases admitted to ICU showed abnormal levels of markers associated with infection, inflammation, abnormal blood clotting, heart problems and kidney problems. Mean hospital stay for asymptomatic cases was 20.69 days ±8.57 and for mild/moderate cases was 21.4 days ±8.28. Mean stay in ICU to outcome for survivors was 11.95 days ±8.96 and for death cases 13.15 days ±10.02. In this single-center case series of 417 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Kuwait 39.3% were asymptomatic cases, 41% showed mild/moderate symptoms and 18.7% were admitted to ICU with a mortality rate of 14.4%.
这是一项回顾性单中心研究,纳入了 2020 年 2 月 24 日至 2020 年 5 月 24 日期间在科威特贾比尔·艾哈迈德医院收治的 417 例 2019 年冠状病毒病(COVID-19)患者。共有 39.3%的患者无症状,41%的患者有症状且为轻/中度,19.7%的患者收入重症监护病房(ICU)。队列患者最常见的症状是发热(34.3%)和干咳(32.6%),而 ICU 收治患者报告的呼吸急促(75.6%)。需要 ICU 收治的并发症包括败血症(68.3%)、急性呼吸窘迫综合征(95.1%)和心力衰竭(63.4%)。与非 ICU 患者相比,ICU 患者更有可能合并症,包括糖尿病(35.4%比 20.3%)和高血压(40.2%比 26.9%)。队列患者的死亡率为 14.4%,死亡患者的平均年龄为 54.20 岁(±11.09),90%的死亡病例为男性。ICU 患者的胸部高分辨率计算机断层扫描显示多灶性大片状磨玻璃影伴致密实变。收入 ICU 的患者显示与感染、炎症、异常凝血、心脏问题和肾脏问题相关的标志物异常水平。无症状患者的平均住院时间为 20.69 天±8.57,轻度/中度患者的平均住院时间为 21.4 天±8.28。幸存者 ICU 治疗结局的平均住院时间为 11.95 天±8.96,死亡患者的平均住院时间为 13.15 天±10.02。在科威特这项 417 例 COVID-19 住院患者的单中心病例系列研究中,39.3%的患者无症状,41%的患者有轻度/中度症状,18.7%的患者收入 ICU,死亡率为 14.4%。