Retrospective study of patient characteristics of recovered patients from moderate to severe COVID versus patients who succumbed to COVID-19

Abstract

The novel coronavirus 2019 which caused the COVID-19 pandemic in the year 2020 and affected every country in the world has left behind a great deal of economic and social loss as well as loss of human lives. Several factors were responsible for the severity and mortality of COVID-19 disease. In this study, we retrospectively analysed a group of patients who had moderate and severe COVID-19 and the factors which influenced their survival or death. We also looked at any treatments which mattered. This is a retrospective observational study of 120 patients who were admitted with moderate or severe covid in Kauvery Hospital, Trichy during a period of 6 months from July 2020 to December 2020.The characteristics of the patients including comorbidities, duration of hospital stay, day of illness at presentation and treatment given were taken from the medical records. Data was entered into Microsoft Excel and analysed. Among 120 patients, 31 patients were 50 years of age. Out of them, 71% survived and 31% did not. 62 patients were hypertensive out of which 46.8% survived and 53.2% did not. 13 patients had CKD, out of which 15.4% survived and 84.6% did not. 96 patients presented within 7 days of onset of illness, out of which 61.5% survived and 38.5% did not. 58 patients received NIV support, out of which 15.5% survived and 84.5% did not.