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ArticleTherapeutic advances in infectious disease

Cardiovascular risk factors and clinical outcomes of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia in Somalia.

Mohammed A M Ahmed, Ahmed Mohamud Hussein, Aweis Ahmed Moalim Abdullahi, Abdirizak Yusuf Ahmed, Hamdi M A Hussain, Abdiaziz Mohamed Ali, Abdulqadir Abdinur Barre, Farhia Mohamud Yusuf, Ronald Olum, Senai Goitom Sereke and 3 more

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13 authors at 7 institutions in 5 countries.

Mohammed A M AhmedDepartment of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Mogadishu University, P.O. Box 004 KM4, Mogadishu, Somalia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9176-0835
Ahmed Mohamud HusseinFaculty of Health Sciences, Mogadishu University, Mogadishu, Somalia.
Aweis Ahmed Moalim AbdullahiDepartment of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Mogadishu University, Mogadishu, Somalia.
Abdirizak Yusuf AhmedDe Martino Hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia.
Hamdi M A HussainCentre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology, Division of Biomedical Sciences, Warwick Medical School, The University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
Abdiaziz Mohamed AliDepartment of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Mogadishu University, Mogadishu, Somalia.
Abdulqadir Abdinur BarreFaculty of Health Sciences, Mogadishu University, Mogadishu, Somalia.
Farhia Mohamud YusufFaculty of Health Sciences, Mogadishu University, Mogadishu, Somalia.
Ronald OlumSchool of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1289-0111
Senai Goitom SerekeDepartment of Radiology and Radiotherapy, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Maisa Ahmed ElfadulPublic and Tropical Health Programs, University of Medical Sciences and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan.
Robert ColebundersGlobal Health Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Felix BongominDepartment of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Gulu University, Gulu, Uganda.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4515-8517
Mogadishu University · SOMakerere University · UGGulu University · UGUganda Management Institute · UGUniversity of Antwerp · BEUniversity of Medical Sciences and Technology · SDUniversity of Warwick · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is a potentially life-threatening illness with no established treatment. Cardiovascular risk factors (CRFs) exacerbate COVID-19 morbidity and mortality. Objective: To determine the prevalence of CRF and clinical outcomes of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in a tertiary hospital in Somalia. Methods: We reviewed the medical records of patients aged 18 years or older with a real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)-confirmed COVID-19 hospitalized at the De Martino Hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, between March and July 2020. Results: We enrolled 230 participants; 159 (69.1%) males, median age was 56 (41-66) years. In-hospital mortality was 19.6% ( Conclusions: We report a very high prevalence of CRF among patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Somalia. Mortality rates were unacceptably high, particularly among those with advanced age, underlying chronic heart disease, and diabetes.

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cardiovascular diseaseclinical outcomesCOVID-19diabetesmortalityrisk factorsSomalia

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PMCPMC9044783
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