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?:abstract	Background & objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic emerged as a major public health emergency affecting the healthcare services all over the world It is essential to analyze the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients with COVID-19 in different parts of our country This study highlights clinical experience in managing patients with COVID-19 at a tertiary care centre in northern India Methods: Clinical characteristics and outcomes of consecutive adults patients admitted to a tertiary care hospital at Chandigarh, India, from April 1 to May 25, 2020 were studied The diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection was confirmed by real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) on throat and/or nasopharyngeal swabs All patients were managed according to the institute\'s consensus protocol and in accordance with Indian Council of Medical Research guidelines Results: During the study period, 114 patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection were admitted The history of contact with COVID-19-affected individuals was available in 75 (65 8%) patients The median age of the patients was 33 5 yr (13-79 yr), and there were 66 (58%) males Of the total enrolled patients, 48 (42%) were symptomatic The common presenting complaints were fever (37, 77%), cough (26, 54%) and shortness of breath (10, 20 8%) Nineteen (17%) patients had hypoxia (SpO224) Thirty four (29 8%) patients had an accompanying comorbid illness Age more than 60 yr and presence of diabetes and hypertension were significantly associated with severe COVID-19 disease Admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) was needed in 18 patients (52%), with three (2 6%) patients requiring assisted ventilation Mortality of 2 6 per cent (3 patients) was observed Interpretation & conclusions: Majority of the patients with COVID-19 infection presenting to our hospital were young and asymptomatic Fever was noted only in three-fourth of the patients and respiratory symptoms in half of them Patients with comorbidities were more vulnerable to complications Triaged classification of patients and protocol-based treatment resulted in good outcomes and low case fatality
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?:journal	Indian_Journal_of_Medical_Research
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?:title	Demographic & clinical profile of patients with COVID-19 at a tertiary care hospital in north India
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?:year	2020

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Background & objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic emerged as a major public health emergency affecting the healthcare services all over the world It is essential to analyze the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients with COVID-19 in different parts of our country This study highlights clinical experience in managing patients with COVID-19 at a tertiary care centre in northern India Methods: Clinical characteristics and outcomes of consecutive adults patients admitted to a tertiary care hospital at Chandigarh, India, from April 1 to May 25, 2020 were studied The diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection was confirmed by real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) on throat and/or nasopharyngeal swabs All patients were managed according to the institute\'s consensus protocol and in accordance with Indian Council of Medical Research guidelines Results: During the study period, 114 patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection were admitted The history of contact with COVID-19-affected individuals was available in 75 (65 8%) patients The median age of the patients was 33 5 yr (13-79 yr), and there were 66 (58%) males Of the total enrolled patients, 48 (42%) were symptomatic The common presenting complaints were fever (37, 77%), cough (26, 54%) and shortness of breath (10, 20 8%) Nineteen (17%) patients had hypoxia (SpO224) Thirty four (29 8%) patients had an accompanying comorbid illness Age more than 60 yr and presence of diabetes and hypertension were significantly associated with severe COVID-19 disease Admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) was needed in 18 patients (52%), with three (2 6%) patients requiring assisted ventilation Mortality of 2 6 per cent (3 patients) was observed Interpretation & conclusions: Majority of the patients with COVID-19 infection presenting to our hospital were young and asymptomatic Fever was noted only in three-fourth of the patients and respiratory symptoms in half of them Patients with comorbidities were more vulnerable to complications Triaged classification of patients and protocol-based treatment resulted in good outcomes and low case fatality

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