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Clinical and demographic profile of mild COVID-19 disease: The experience of a single center in India
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Senior Medical Officer,
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Mumbai
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Assistant Professor,
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Mumbai
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Nodal Officer for COVID, Mumbai
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Associate Professor and Incharge,
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Mumbai
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Former Professor and Head,
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Mumbai
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TNMC and BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai
Publication date: 2021-08-30
Corresponding author
Unnati Desai
Pulmonary Medicine,
T. N. Medical College and B. Y. L. Nair Hospital,
Mumbai 400008, India
Pneumon 2020;33(4):187-190
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ABSTRACT
Over the small period of time COVID-19 has become a global pandemic and affected hundreds of countries all over the world. The
main objective of our study is to report clinical and demographic
profile of mild cases of COVID-19 disease. It is a descriptive study
of 105 COVID-19 positive patients whose diagnosis was confirmed
with polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The clinical, radiological and
laboratory data were collected including age, sex, contact history,
symptoms, duration of stay and swab conversion rate. The mean
age of population was 39.75 years with a male preponderance. The
most common symptom noted was sore throat (29.52%) followed by
fever (26.67%). The vital and laboratory parameters were normal in
all. All patients recovered with no residual symptoms. We used the
innovative 40 step test to early identity deterioration. Eight cases
were transferred to high dependency unit/intensive care in view
of breathlessness & desaturation in oxygen level and recovered
completely. We had no deaths.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The TNMC COVID core committee and COVID task force.
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
None.
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