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dc.contributor.authorGupta, Nitesh et al.
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-23T22:09:05Z
dc.date.available2020-04-23T22:09:05Z
dc.date.issued2020-04-10
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2020.1294en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12663/1191
dc.description.abstractCOVID-19 has now become a pandemic. It has spread from Wuhan, China, in December 2019 to a large number of countries within three months. The objective of this work is to report the initial experience with epidemiologic and clinical features, as well as with the management of COVID-19 patients in India. This is a descriptive case series of the first 21 COVID-19 infected patients confirmed with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and admitted to a tertiary care centre in India from 01.02.2020 to 19.03.2020. Clinical, laboratory, and radiologic data were collected, including age, sex, nationality, travel history, symptoms, duration of stay, and comorbidities. The mean age of the population was 40.3 years with a male preponderance. Thirteen (62%) patients had recent travel history outside India in the previous 30 days, two thirds of whom had travelled to Italy. The most common symptoms were fever and cough (42.9%) followed by sore throat, headache and breathlessness. Vital and laboratory parameters were preserved in all patients and none of them required ventilatory support. Among the first 21 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 infection in India, the typical clinical presentation consisted in a mild upper respiratory tract infection predominantly affecting the young male population. One patient required supplemental oxygen. All patients recovered with no residual symptoms.en_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.subjectCOVID-19en_US
dc.subjectCoronavirusen_US
dc.subjectInfectious Diseasesen_US
dc.subjectPolymerase Chain Reactionen_US
dc.subjectEpidemiologyen_US
dc.subjectIndiaen_US
dc.titleClinical and epidemiologic profile of the initial COVID-19 patients at a tertiary care centre in Indiaen_US
eihealth.countryGlobal (WHO/OMS)en_US
eihealth.categoryInternational traffic and points of entryen_US
eihealth.typeResearch protocol informationen_US
eihealth.maincategorySave Lives / Salvar Vidasen_US
dc.relation.ispartofjournalMonaldi Archives for Chest Diseaseen_US


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