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PLoS One
. 2020 Aug 6;15(8):e0237130.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0237130. eCollection 2020.
Clinical, radiological and therapeutic characteristics of patients with COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia
Mohammed Shabrawishi[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Manal M Al-Gethamy[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Abdallah Y Naser[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Maher A Ghazawi[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Ghaidaa F Alsharif[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Elaf F Obaid[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Haitham A Melebari[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Dhaffer M Alamri[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Ahmad S Brinji[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Fawaz H Al Jehani[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Wail Almaimani[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Rakan A Ekram[SUP] 8 [/SUP], Kasim H Alkhatib[SUP] 9 [/SUP], Hassan Alwafi[SUP] 10 [/SUP]
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Abstract
Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a rapidly spreading global pandemic. The clinical characteristics of COVID-19 have been reported; however, there is limited research investigating the clinical characteristics of COVID-19 in the Middle East. This study aims to investigate the clinical, radiological and therapeutic characteristics of patients diagnosed with COVID19 in Saudi Arabia.
Methods: This study is a retrospective single-centre case series study. We extracted data for patients who were admitted to the Al-Noor Specialist Hospital with a PCR confirming SARS-COV-2 between 12th and 31st of March 2020. Descriptive statistics were used to describe patients' characteristics. Continuous data were reported as mean ? SD. Chi-squared test/Fisher test were used as appropriate to compare proportions for categorical variables.
Results: A total of 150 patients were hospitalised for COVID-19 during the study period. The mean age was 46.1 years (SD: 15.3 years). The most common comorbidities were hypertension (28.8%, n = 42) and diabetes mellitus (26.0%, n = 38). Regarding the severity of the hospitalised patients, 105 patients (70.0%) were mild, 29 (19.3%) were moderate, and 16 patients (10.7%) were severe or required ICU care.
Conclusion: This case series provides clinical, radiological and therapeutic characteristics of hospitalised patients with confirmed COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia.
. 2020 Aug 6;15(8):e0237130.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0237130. eCollection 2020.
Clinical, radiological and therapeutic characteristics of patients with COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia
Mohammed Shabrawishi[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Manal M Al-Gethamy[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Abdallah Y Naser[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Maher A Ghazawi[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Ghaidaa F Alsharif[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Elaf F Obaid[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Haitham A Melebari[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Dhaffer M Alamri[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Ahmad S Brinji[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Fawaz H Al Jehani[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Wail Almaimani[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Rakan A Ekram[SUP] 8 [/SUP], Kasim H Alkhatib[SUP] 9 [/SUP], Hassan Alwafi[SUP] 10 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32760107
- DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0237130
Abstract
Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a rapidly spreading global pandemic. The clinical characteristics of COVID-19 have been reported; however, there is limited research investigating the clinical characteristics of COVID-19 in the Middle East. This study aims to investigate the clinical, radiological and therapeutic characteristics of patients diagnosed with COVID19 in Saudi Arabia.
Methods: This study is a retrospective single-centre case series study. We extracted data for patients who were admitted to the Al-Noor Specialist Hospital with a PCR confirming SARS-COV-2 between 12th and 31st of March 2020. Descriptive statistics were used to describe patients' characteristics. Continuous data were reported as mean ? SD. Chi-squared test/Fisher test were used as appropriate to compare proportions for categorical variables.
Results: A total of 150 patients were hospitalised for COVID-19 during the study period. The mean age was 46.1 years (SD: 15.3 years). The most common comorbidities were hypertension (28.8%, n = 42) and diabetes mellitus (26.0%, n = 38). Regarding the severity of the hospitalised patients, 105 patients (70.0%) were mild, 29 (19.3%) were moderate, and 16 patients (10.7%) were severe or required ICU care.
Conclusion: This case series provides clinical, radiological and therapeutic characteristics of hospitalised patients with confirmed COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia.