Impact of co-morbidities in COVID -19 infected patients

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dc.contributor.authorVerma, Pen_US
dc.contributor.authorChaudhary, Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorKaur, Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorMidha, Ten_US
dc.contributor.authorMartolia, DS.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-09T06:11:49Z
dc.date.available2023-08-09T06:11:49Z
dc.date.issued2022-03
dc.description.abstractBackground- During the COVID- 19 pandemic in the first wave, infected patients age was range from 4 weeks to 90 years and those who have more age and with comorbidities are more susceptible to develop serious illness and have high mortality rates. Objective-To study the association between survivor vs non survivor on the basis of demographic profile and high risk factors. Material & methods: This study was done in the Government Medical College, Kannauj on the COVID-19 patients who were admitted in the isolation wards, from 1st September 2020 to December 31st 2020. Statistical Analysis- Analysis was done using SPSS- 23 trial version software. Results: case fatality rate was 2.7% in this study. Most common symptoms was cough (61.0%) and among these admitted patients the most common comorbidities was hypertension (26.7%), followed by diabetes (20.7%), and COPD (14.0%) respectively. Platelets (< 0.02), post prandial blood sugar (PPBS) (< 0.01) have significant role in survivability of COVID- 19 patients. Conclusion: This study concludes that those patients who were older in age and with comorbidity especially (hypertension, COPD, high PPBS, High platelets) have poorer prognosis as compare to those without.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsAssistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Kannauj, Uttar Pradeshen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsAssistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Kannauj, Uttar Pradeshen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsAssistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College Medical school in Kanpur, Uttar Pradeshen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsProfessor & Head, Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Kannauj, Uttar Pradeshen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsPrincipal/Dean, Government Medical College, Kannauj, Uttar Pradeshen_US
dc.identifier.citationVerma P, Chaudhary S, Kaur S, Midha T, Martolia DS.. Impact of co-morbidities in COVID -19 infected patients. Indian Journal of Community Health. 2022 Mar; 34(1): 26 – 29en_US
dc.identifier.issn0971-7587
dc.identifier.issn2248-9509
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/221948
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMRI Publication Pvt. Ltd.en_US
dc.relation.issuenumber1en_US
dc.relation.volume34en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.47203/IJCH.2022.v34i01.006en_US
dc.subjectCOVID-19en_US
dc.subjectSARSen_US
dc.subjectMERSen_US
dc.subjectCOPDen_US
dc.subjectRT –PCRen_US
dc.titleImpact of co-morbidities in COVID -19 infected patientsen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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