Observational studyThe Pan African medical journal2021
Clinical and epidemiological characteristics and outcomes of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 in Douala, Cameroon.
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- Intensive Care and Organ Support Related Mortality in Patients With COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Critical care explorations · 2023Review
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- In-ICU Outcomes of Critically Ill Patients in a Reference Cameroonian Intensive Care Unit: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Critical care research and practice · 2023Article
- Emerging Viral Infections, Hypertension, and Cardiovascular Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Narrative Review.Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) · 2022Review
- Biochemical and hematological factors associated with COVID-19 severity among Gabonese patients: A retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022Article
- Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 at Case Hospital, Uganda.Interdisciplinary perspectives on infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Clinical presentation, outcomes and factors associated with mortality: A prospective study from three COVID-19 referral care centres in West Africa.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2021Article
- Clinical profile and factors associated with COVID-19 in Yaounde, Cameroon: A prospective cohort study.PloS one · 2021Article
- Characterization of a cluster of COVID-19 cases linked to the Omicron variant, in Mauritania.La Tunisie medicaleArticle
- Cardiovascular risk factors and clinical outcomes of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia in Somalia.Therapeutic advances in infectious diseaseArticle
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Abstract
introductionthe coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a disease that originated from Wuhan in December 2019. It rapidly spread across the globe causing high mortality especially among the elderly. Africa though not spared has limited studies regarding its effects on its population. We therefore sought to describe the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of COVID-19 in Douala, Cameroon.
methodswe conducted a single-centre, retrospective, and observational study by reviewing records of patients managed for COVID-19 between the 8
resultswe analyzed 282 case files, 192 were males (M: F=2: 1). The mean age was 52 (+/- 15) years. Hypertension and diabetes accounted for 75% of the chronic medical conditions identified. Main presenting complaints were dyspnea, cough, asthenia, and fever (55-60%). Radiographic analysis showed a ground-glass appearance in 85% of cases. Chloroquine/Hydroxychloroquine was the most (91.8%) frequently used drug in management protocols, 35% needed oxygen supplementation while 6 patients were intubated. Severe pneumonia (11.3%) was the commonest complication. They were 91 admissions in the intensive care unit. The average length of hospital stay was 10 (+/- 5) days. The mortality rate was 32%.
conclusionour findings are concordant with universally reported data of COVID-19 hospitalised patients. These parameters are essential in designing effective prevention and control programs aimed at reducing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic particularly in countries with limited resources.
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