南非是受非洲新冠肺炎疫情影响最严重的国家。来自南非东开普省的新冠肺炎临床特征和死亡率的数据很少。我们报告了纳尔逊·曼德拉学术医院(NMAH)Covid-19病房收治的患者的人口统计学和临床特征以及死亡率,Mthatha,在南非新冠肺炎大流行的三波浪潮中。
我们在南非东开普省农村的一家三级医院对新冠肺炎住院患者进行了一项单中心回顾性观察研究。数据是从患者档案中收集的,电子数据库和国家卫生实验室服务(NHLS)数据库。结果为入院时间和住院死亡率。
■在所有三个波中,有371名患者入院,平均年龄为52.2±16.3岁。三波中女性的比例为61.2%。常见的合并症,不管波浪如何,是高血压,糖尿病和艾滋病毒感染。中位住院时间为6天,总死亡率为31%。首先是死亡率,第二波和第三波是29.3%,分别为31.5%和37.9%。
■新冠肺炎的招生主要集中在女性和中年人。三分之一的住院患者死亡。糖尿病,高血压和HIV感染是最常见的合并症.
UNASSIGNED: South Africa was the country worst affected by the Covid-19 pandemic in Africa. There is a paucity of data on the clinical characteristics and mortality of Covid-19 from the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. We report on the demographic and clinical characteristics as well as the mortality of patients admitted to the Covid-19 ward of Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital (NMAH), Mthatha, during three waves of the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa.
UNASSIGNED: We conducted a single centre retrospective observational study of patients admitted for Covid-19 in a tertiary hospital in the rural Eastern Cape of South Africa. Data were collected from patient files, electronic databases and the National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) database. The outcomes were duration of admission and in-hospital mortality.
UNASSIGNED: There were 371 patients admitted across all three waves with a mean age of 52.2 ± 16.3 years. The proportion of females across the three waves is 61.2%. The commonly associated comorbidities, irrespective of the wave, were hypertension, diabetes and HIV infection. The median duration of admission was six days, with an overall mortality of 31%. The mortality for first, second and third wave were 29.3%, 31.5% and 37.9% respectively.
UNASSIGNED: Admissions for Covid-19 were predominantly in females and middle-aged. One third of the admitted patients died. Diabetes, hypertension and HIV infection were the most commonly associated comorbidities.