Open AccessAn update on initial epidemiological profile, clinical course, and outcome of COVID-19 patients at a tertiary care center in India
Author(s) -
Dimple Pande,
Anjali Kochhar,
Suman Saini,
G Usha,
Anoop Raj Gogia
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/ijpc.ijpc_146_20
Subject(s) - tertiary care , medicine , covid-19 , epidemiology , center (category theory) , course (navigation) , tertiary level , outcome (game theory) , intensive care medicine , virology , outbreak , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , chemistry , physics , mathematics education , mathematics , mathematical economics , astronomy , crystallography
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a global pandemic with the spectrum of disease from asymptomatic or mild disease to severe cases requiring intensive care unit (ICU) admission. In India, it started with milder presentation affecting younger population. Later on, an increase in disease severity was observed involving older age group as well. However, there is a paucity of published data regarding patients requiring ICU care in India. This case series describes the initial experience of an ICU in India regarding epidemiological profile, clinical course, and outcome of critically ill COVID-19 patients.