Real-life Management Strategy of COVID-19 Patients in Bangladesh with No Death: An Observational and Cohort Study.
Euroasian J Hepatogastroenterol
; 10(1): 31-35, 2020.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-693304
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has been declared as pandemic by World Health Organization (WHO) with increasing morbidity (more than 4.6 million patients) and mortality (300,000 deaths). The world-wide target of management COVID-19 is to reduce complications with available management options; this become highly variable from country to country and even within different regions of the same country. AIM ANDOBJECTIVE:
This observational prospective study represents a single center study in which all patients in this cohort received almost similar medicines and care. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
All patients in this cohort (N 32) were positive for SARS-CoV-2 by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with variable presenting symptoms. The management strategy included Standard of Care (SoC) and administration of hydroxychloroquine and doxycycline. Out of 32 patients, 9 patients also received favipiravir. All patients were followed until they were discharged after negativity of SARS-CoV-2 confirmed by PCR on two consecutive occasions taken within 2 days.RESULTS:
No death has been recorded in this cohort of 32 patients within the study period. The average hospital staying duration was 13.9 days with a range of 8-21 days. All patients were discharged with improvement of subjective symptoms and SARS-CoV-2 negativity. The vital signs (pulse, blood pressure) as well as and levels of electrolyte and blood counts were within normal and acceptable ranges at the time of discharge.CONCLUSION:
The study presented here provide and evidence of a real-life situation of management of limited numbers of COVID-19 patients at a tertiary center of Bangladesh. This study inspires optimism that proper diagnosis, establishment of effective inclusion and exclusion criteria, ensuring application of proper SoC with drugs available in Bangladesh may be a practical option for management of COVID-19 in the country. HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE Huq AKMF, Rahman MF, Islam MA, et al. Real-life Management Strategy of COVID-19 Patients in Bangladesh with No Death An Observational and Cohort Study. Euroasian J Hepato-Gastroenterol 2020;10(1)31-35.
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Cohort study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
Euroasian J Hepatogastroenterol
Year:
2020
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Article
Affiliation country:
Jp-journals-10018-1316
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