Characteristics and outcomes of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 at a tertiary hospital in Nigeria

Authors :: Olukemi Adekanmbi
Olayinka Ilesanmi
Olusola Idowu
Arinola Esan
Yemi R Raji
Adeola Fowotade
Olubunmi Ogunlade
Adegboyega Akere
Oluwaseun Ololade
Kehinde Ojifinni
Olurotimi Akinola
Akintunde Orunmuyi
Uwom Eze
Victor Akinmoladun
Abiodun Adeoye
Akindele Adebiyi
E Oluwabunmi Olapade-Olaopa
Jesse A Otegbayo
Kayode Osungbade
Source :: African Health Sciences; Vol. 23 No. 1 (2023); 72-82
Publication Year :: 2023
Publisher :: Makerere University Medical School (Uganda), 2023.
Abstract: Background: Data regarding the features and outcomes of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Africa are increasingly available. Objectives: To describe socio-demographic, clinical and laboratory characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 patients. Methods: A cross-sectional study of 86 adult patients hospitalized with COVID-19 between March and November 2020. Characteristics were described in survivors and non-survivors. Results: Mean age was 60.9±16.1 years, 53(61.6%) were male. Co-morbidities were found in 77(89.5%) patients. On severity, 6(7%) were mild, 23(26.7%) moderate, 51(59.3%) severe and 6(7%) critical. Oxygen saturation and respiratory rate were 71±22% and 38±11/minute in non-survivors and 90±7% and 31±7/minute in survivors respectively (p

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