Characteristics and Outcome of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Egypt
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently declared coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) a public health emergency of international concern. Egypt is one of the countries that has been infected by Covid-19. The characteristics of clinical presentation, laboratory and radiological data are not yet studied. Outcomes of covid-19 in Egypt also have not been described yet.
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Detailed Description
Patients admitted to Assiut University hospital, Al Rajhi liver hospital and other covid-19 Quarantine hospitals will be included. The characteristics of patients will be described such as demographic data; age, sex,history of contact to COVID-19 patients or traveling abroad and their clinical manifestation such as fever,cough,shortness of breath, sore throat, diarrhea. Laboratory data will also be included such as blood picture,D-Dimer, serum ferritin, creatinine, liver enzymes, oxygen saturation and covid-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Radiological data will be described as regarding chest X-ray and/or computed tomography.
Patients will be followed until complications, improvement, transfer to another hospital or death and their outcome will be described.
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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Patients with Covid-19 Patients with clinical presentation and confirmed as Covid-19 according to the definition of Egyptian Ministry of Health |
Other: Follow up
Follow up to assess the outcome until complications, improvement, death or being transferred to another quarantine hospital.
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Demographics of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the cohort group [2 months]
Sheet recording age, sex, co-morbidity,history of contact
- Clinical manifestations of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) [2 month]
Sheet recording symptoms and signs
- Laboratory data of included Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cohort [2 months]
blood picture,D-Dimer, creatinine, liver enzymes
- Radiological features of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cohort [2 month]
Chest x-ray and/or Computed tomography
Secondary Outcome Measures
- outcomes of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection in the cohort group [1 week]
Data recording of the outcomes of treatment
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with diagnosis of Covid-19 .
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients refuse to participate in the study
Contacts and Locations
Locations
No locations specified.Sponsors and Collaborators
- Assiut University
Investigators
None specified.Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- COVID-19 in Egypt