Epidemiological and Clinical Profile of Deaths due to COVID-19 among Hospitalized Patients in Sidama Region, Ethiopia

Table 2.

Clinical profile of dead adult COVID-19patients admitted in treatment facilities of Sidama region

Variables

All patients=186 (100%)

Symptoms

Frequency

Percentage (%)

Fever

125

67.2

Cough

166

89.2

Shortness of breath

159

85.5

Sore throat

66

35.5

Headache

101

54.3

Generalized body weakness

135

72.6

Myalgia

100

53.8

T0 on presentation

 

 

36-37.5oc

120

64.5

37.6-38.10c

49

26.3

≥ 38.2oc

17

9.1

ICU admission

122

65.6

Median ICU stay , IQR

ICU stay

4 days

(2, 8)

1-4days

65

53.3

5-8days

32

26.2

9-12 days

20

16.4

≥ 13 days

5

4.1

MV

111

91

Severity status

 

 

Mild

3

1.6

Moderate

44

23.7

Severe

92

49.5

Critical

47

25.3

days from admission to death (median, IQR)

7

(3,11)

Days from admission to death

 

 

1-6 days

90

48.4

7-12 days

68

36.6

≥13 days

28

15.1

Days from symptom onset to admission ( median, IQR)

5

(3,7)

≤ 7 days

149

80.1

> 7days

37

19.9

survival time (median, IQR)

11.5

(8, 17)

1-7 days

41

22

8-14 days

81

43.5

>14 days

64

34.4

IQR, Interquartile range

IQR, Interquartile range