Clinical Comparison of COVID Waves 2-5. An Inpatient Retrospective Comparative Analysis From Karachi, Pakistan.

• Tác giả: Saba Afshan, Ishfaque Ahmed, Raniyah Akhter, Shaiza Farman, Fizza Farooqui, Adeel Hussain, Furkan Hyder, Anika Iqbal, Aneel Kumar, Abdul Razzaque Memon, Rizwana Salik Nukrich, Muhammad Saeed Quraishy, Abdul Wahid Rajput, Sarwat Rasheed, Madiha Raza, Haseeb U Rehman, Muneeba Ahsan Sayeed, Hasan Ali Shah, Elisha Shalim, Beenish Syed
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 025.3173 Bibliographic analysis and control
• Thông tin xuất bản: United States : Open forum infectious diseases , 2025
• Bộ sưu tập: NCBI
• ID: 687324

Tóm tắt

 BACKGROUND: Each coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) wave is unique in its clinical presentation and outcome. In this study, we compared the clinical characteristics and outcomes of COVID waves 2-5 in inpatient settings. METHODS: A retrospective study was conducted at the Sindh Infectious Diseases Hospital and Research Center on adult patients who were admitted with a positive COVID polymerase chain reaction from July 2020 to March 2022. SPSS 26 was used to analyze the data. RESULTS: A total of 3190 COVID-19 patients were admitted. Wave 2 had the highest percentage of discharges compared with mortality (81%
  CONCLUSIONS: Each wave had some unique characteristics compared with other waves, with wave 4, driven by the Delta variant, being the deadliest one in terms of disease severity and outcomes.