Open AccessClinical, radiological and therapeutic characteristics of patients with COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Mohammed Shabrawishi,
Manal Algethamy,
Abdallah Y Naser,
Maher A Ghazawi,
Ghaidaa F Alsharif,
Elaf F Obaid,
Haitham A Melebari,
Dhaffer M Alamri,
Ahmad S Brinji,
Fawaz H Al Jehani,
Wail Almaimani,
Rakan Ekram,
K Alkhatib,
Hassan Alwafi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
plos one
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.99
H-Index - 332
ISSN - 1932-6203
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pone.0237130
Subject(s) - medicine , radiological weapon , diabetes mellitus , covid-19 , retrospective cohort study , pandemic , pediatrics , disease , surgery , infectious disease (medical specialty) , endocrinology
Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a rapidly spreading global pandemic. The clinical characteristics of COVID-19 have been reported; however, there is limited research investigating the clinical characteristics of COVID-19 in the Middle East. This study aims to investigate the clinical, radiological and therapeutic characteristics of patients diagnosed with COVID19 in Saudi Arabia. Methods This study is a retrospective single-centre case series study. We extracted data for patients who were admitted to the Al-Noor Specialist Hospital with a PCR confirming SARS-COV-2 between 12th and 31st of March 2020. Descriptive statistics were used to describe patients’ characteristics. Continuous data were reported as mean ± SD. Chi-squared test/Fisher test were used as appropriate to compare proportions for categorical variables. Results A total of 150 patients were hospitalised for COVID-19 during the study period. The mean age was 46.1 years (SD: 15.3 years). The most common comorbidities were hypertension (28.8%, n = 42) and diabetes mellitus (26.0%, n = 38). Regarding the severity of the hospitalised patients, 105 patients (70.0%) were mild, 29 (19.3%) were moderate, and 16 patients (10.7%) were severe or required ICU care. Conclusion This case series provides clinical, radiological and therapeutic characteristics of hospitalised patients with confirmed COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia.