Anupama Arumadi, Raman Rupesh, Ratheesh R, Palakkunnath Sujesh
Community Medicine, Kunhitharuvai Memorial Charitable Trust (KMCT) Medical College, Kozhikode, IND.
Pharmacology, Kunhitharuvai Memorial Charitable Trust (KMCT) Medical College, Kozhikode, IND.
Cureus. 2023 Jun 19;15(6):e40636. doi: 10.7759/cureus.40636. eCollection 2023 Jun.
Since its arrival in late 2019, COVID-19 has caused more than 760 million cases and nearly seven million deaths worldwide. As a novel infection research is still underway to understand the epidemiology of COVID-19. The present study was conducted in a tertiary care center in south India to understand the symptomatology of the disease in a local context.
Information for the study was retrieved from the hospital records of the Kunhitharuvai Memorial Charitable Trust (KMCT) COVID Hospital, Kerala, India, of patients admitted from 1st May 2021 to 31st October 2021 (six months). Data on their clinico-demographic profile and treatment outcomes were collected and entered into a proforma.
Out of the 2744 patients included in the study, the proportion of males and females was comparable. About 38.6% of patients were above 60 years of age. The most common presenting complaints were fever, cough, and breathlessness. About 2.7% were asymptomatic. The mortality rate during the study period was 4.8% (132 deaths).
The present study highlights differences in the symptomology and other demographic features of COVID-19 patients admitted to a hospital in Kerala, India, compared to other regional, national, and international studies. Despite limitations, these differences may have important implications for diagnosing and managing COVID-19 patients in the region.
自2019年末出现以来，新冠病毒已在全球导致超过7.6亿例病例和近700万人死亡。作为一种新型感染，对新冠病毒流行病学的研究仍在进行中。本研究在印度南部的一家三级医疗中心开展，以了解该疾病在当地背景下的症状表现。
本研究的信息取自印度喀拉拉邦昆希塔鲁瓦伊纪念慈善信托基金（KMCT）新冠医院2021年5月1日至2021年10月31日（六个月）收治患者的医院记录。收集他们的临床人口统计学资料和治疗结果数据，并录入一份表格。
在纳入研究的2744名患者中，男性和女性的比例相当。约38.6%的患者年龄在60岁以上。最常见的主诉是发热、咳嗽和呼吸急促。约2.7%的患者无症状。研究期间的死亡率为4.8%（132例死亡）。
本研究突出了印度喀拉拉邦一家医院收治的新冠患者在症状表现和其他人口统计学特征方面与其他地区、国家和国际研究的差异。尽管存在局限性，但这些差异可能对该地区新冠患者的诊断和管理具有重要意义。
