CLINICAL PROFILE OF PATIENTS WITH MILD TO MODERATE COVID WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO VACCINATION STATUS AND OUTCOME: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY

Abstract

BACKGROUND- Novel corona virus, the causative agent of covid 19 is responsible for more than one million deaths globally. However most of the infections are either of mild or moderate severity. This study was done to analyze the clinical and demographic profile of patients with mild to moderate covid admitted in a tertiary care hospital and also to study the impact of vaccination on the hospital outcome. METHODS- A total of 5543 patients admitted during the period from 1^st January 2021 to 31^st December 2021 were included in the study. All patients had mild to moderate disease at the time of admission as per definition by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) . RESULTS- The mean age of the study population was 44.10±18.18 years with a male to female ratio of 1.23:1. Fever and cough were the most common presenting symptom and hypertension was the most common co morbid illness present in 17.71% of the patients. 50. 94 % patients were classified into the mild disease category and 13.31% patients had moderate covid. Of the 5543 patients admitted, 3812 patients had taken atleast 1 dose of vaccine at the time of admission. Of the 264 patients who died during hospital stay, in 224 the death was attributed to covid. A significant fraction of people who died were males and also were unvaccinated. CONCLUSION- Vaccination is an effective tool to control the covid 19 pandemic particularly in a country like India with limited resources and limited access to health facilities.

KEYWORDS- novel corona virus, covid 19, vaccination, mild covid, moderate covid