COVID-19 patients hospitalized after the fourth wave of the pandemic period in Vietnam : Clinical, laboratory, therapeutic features, and clinical outcomes

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BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Despite having relatively high COVID-19 vaccine coverage in Vietnam, a fraction of COVID-19 patients required hospitalization due to severe symptoms. The purpose of this study was to describe the clinical, laboratory, complications, and treatment of COVID-19 patients hospitalized during the pandemic's fourth wave.

METHODS: Genome sequencing was performed on COVID-19 patients. Data on clinical characteristics, treatment, complications, and outcomes were consistently collected.

RESULTS: The clinical classifications were mild (37.43%), moderate (24.2%), and severe (38.37%). Patients with co-morbidities, high fever >39 °C, hypertension, tachycardia, tachypnea, and SpO2<90%, had a 1.2-4 folds higher of severe progression than those with mild/moderate. Serious consequences were much more common in the severe patients than in the mild/moderate. The respiratory system of severe patients was generally documented as fine, coarse crackles, and CT scanner shown ground glass, consolidation, and opacity, with Delta variant accounting for 92.6%. Complications were common in the severe patients, including bacteria pneumonia (36.42%), ARDS (61.11%), blood clotting disorder (7.14%), infection (46.92%), and acute kidney injury (12.35%). Antiviral, antifungal, corticosteroid, anticoagulant, and ECMO regimens were utilized. Patients died mostly as a result of co-morbidities, low SpO2, lung injury, and complications such as bacterial + fungal pneumonia (83.9%), ARDS (83.9%), bacteremia (56.5%), injury acute renal failure (27.4%), and coagulopathy (12.9%).

CONCLUSION: Severe and critical COVID-19 patients frequently have several comorbidities, multiple lung lesions along with a variety of clinical signs. Despite receiving antivirals, antibiotics, corticosteroids, anticoagulants, and even ECMO therapy, the patient encountered multiple complications, with a fatality rate of up to 38.27%.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:123

Enthalten in:

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan yi zhi - 123(2024), 2 vom: 29. Feb., Seite 208-217

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dien, Trinh Cong [VerfasserIn]
Van Nam, Le [VerfasserIn]
Thach, Pham Ngoc [VerfasserIn]
Van Duyet, Le [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anticoagulants
COVID-19
COVID-19 Vaccines
Complications
Journal Article
Sars-Cov-2
Severe
Variants

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Date Completed 04.03.2024

Date Revised 04.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jfma.2023.07.020

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM360738281