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Comparison of clinical characteristics of COVID-19 between children and adult
| العنوان: | Comparison of clinical characteristics of COVID-19 between children and adult |
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| المؤلفون: | Gopen Kumar Kundu, ABM Mukib, Md Shahadat Hossain, Farhana Noman, Kazi Rahila Ferdousi, Ferdousi Hasnat |
| المصدر: | Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Journal, Vol 15, Iss 1 (2022) |
| بيانات النشر: | Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, 2022. |
| سنة النشر: | 2022 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Medicine |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | COVID-19, children, adults, clinical characteriscs, Medicine |
| الوصف: | The aim of the study was to evaluate and compare the clinical characteristics of COVID-19 infection in children and adult. This observational cross-sectional study was conducted in multiple corona dedicated hospitals, situated in Dhaka, Bangladesh from April 2020 to January 2021. Data of COVID -19 positive hospitalized patients were collected in a pre-tested question- naire during hospital stay with proper protective measures. Clinical characteristics of the COVID-19 positive hospitalized children and adult patients were evaluated. Approval was taken from institutional review board of respective institutes. Statistical analyses of the results were obtained by using SPSS-25. In this study the male-to-female ratio was 1:1.6 and 2.8:1 in child and adult patients respectively. More than three quarter (75.4%) of subjects had family members affected before the illness in the child group and more than half (50.9%) cases in the adult group. History of contact or exposure with any symptomatic case was present in 61.4% cases in the adult group but only 14% in the child group. The mean duration of illness was less (9.1}8.6 days) in the child group than in the adult group (14.8}9.5 days). The difference was statistically significant (p1010 F) was found in the majori- ty (86.0%) subjects' in the child group than in the adult group where it was 50.9%. The mean SPo2 without oxygen was 96.8}1.2% in the child group and 92.8}5.7% in the adult group. Ten (17.5%) subjects had a symptom-free total illness in the child group and 3(5.3%) in the adult group. The difference in temperature, SPo2 without oxygen, consciousness, and symptom-free total illness were statistically significant (p |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2074-2908 2224-7750 |
| Relation: | https://asiajol.info/index.php/BSMMUJ/article/view/58426; https://doaj.org/toc/2074-2908; https://doaj.org/toc/2224-7750 |
| DOI: | 10.3329/bsmmuj.v15i1.58426 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/9d71d4099f3645de9fbce75a5f688a05 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.9d71d4099f3645de9fbce75a5f688a05 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 20742908 22247750 |
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| DOI: | 10.3329/bsmmuj.v15i1.58426 |