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. 2021 Nov 14;49(1):91.
doi: 10.1186/s41182-021-00382-4.

Clinical manifestations, complications, and outcomes of patients with COVID-19 in Sudan: a multicenter observational study

Elfatih A Hasabo  1 , Fatima A Ayyad  2 , Sara A M Alam Eldeen  3 , Malaz K Noureldaim  4 , Tibyan A Abdallah  3 , Yousra T Ahmed  5 , Safaa Badi  6 , Waleed K Khalid  7 , Hind A Mirghani  2 , Yossra A Mohammed  8 , Lubaba A Alkhider  3 , Saada A Hamad  3 , Amna M Tagelseed  3 , Ethar H A Elsheikh  3 , Noon H Khalid  3 , Samia A Mohammed  3 , Sara O Elmobark  3 , Ola O Ali  3 , Duaa A Mohammed Ali  3 , Mohamed S Muneer  3 , Heitham Awadalla  9 , Elfatih M Malik  9
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Clinical manifestations, complications, and outcomes of patients with COVID-19 in Sudan: a multicenter observational study

Elfatih A Hasabo et al. Trop Med Health. .

Abstract

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a pandemic caused by a newly discovered coronavirus. Although clinical manifestations of COVID-19 are mainly pulmonary, some patients have other systemic manifestations. This study aimed to describe the clinical finding and outcomes in Sudanese patients diagnosed with COVID-19.

Methods: This retrospective observational study is based on documented files that included patients diagnosed with COVID-19 in seven selected hospitals inside Khartoum. Clinical manifestations, complications and outcomes were extracted from patients' records using an extraction form designed for this study.

Results: Data of 243 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 were analyzed. The mean (SD) age in years was 55.8 (18.4). Out of 116 participants, 27 of them (23.3%) had severe disease, 15 (12.9%) were critically ill. 67.5% of patients were admitted to the hospital within 7 days from onset of symptoms; most of them were admitted to the wards (n = 140,72.5%). Fever (83.2%), cough (70.7%), and shortness of breath (69.2%) were the most commonly recorded clinical manifestations. Sepsis (9.8%) and acidosis (7.8%) were the most frequently reported complications. Death was the final outcome in 21.4% (56/243). Older age and presence of diabetes were found significantly associated with in-hospital death. The laboratory results showed high CRP in 85.6% (119/139), high ferritin in 88.9% (24/27), lactate dehydrogenase had a median of 409.0 (359-760), D-dimer had a median of 3.3 (1.2-16. 6), and 53/105 (50.5%) had low albumin.

Conclusions: Fever was the most mentioned sign among the participants, followed by fatigue. Cough and shortness of breath were the most commonly recorded pulmonary symptoms manifested. Our study showed multiple variables were associated with in-hospital death. The mortality rate was high among severe and critically ill patients diagnosed with COVID-19.

Keywords: COVID-19; Clinical manifestations; Complications; In-hospital outcomes; Severity; Sudan.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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