MEDICAL FEATURES OF CORONAVIRUS ENDEMIC 2019 IN PAKISTAN

Background: Since November 2019, once coronavirus 2019 (Covid-19) disease broke out in the city of Wuhan and spread rapidly throughout Pakistan, information is required on medical attributes of affected cases.

Methods: Our current research was conducted in Lahore General Hospital, Lahore Pakistan. Authors have separated the information about 1110 patients whose research center established Covid-19 from 68 clinics in 4 regions, autonomous districts and areas of Pakistan until February 2020. The essential composite endpoint remained admission to an emergency unit), (usage of mechanical ventilation, or passage.

Results: The mean age of cases remained 48 years; 43.8% of cases were woman. The essential composite endpoint happened in 69 cases (7.2%), of whom 6.1% were admitted to intensive care, 3.4% underwent intrusive mechanical ventilation, and 2.5% lost their heads. Only 2.8% of cases had the past of direct interaction through natural life. Of the out-of-state residents of Wuhan, 73.4 per cent had contact with Sindh residents, including 32.4 per cent who had visited current city. The maximum widely recognized indications remained fever (44.9 per cent when asserted and 87.9 per cent during hospitalization) and piracy (68.9 per cent). The relaxation of the intestines was remarkable (4.9%). The average incubation phase was 5 days (interquartile range, 4 to 9). In terms of assertion, ground glass mist was the best known radiological finding on the chest CT scan (58.7%). No radiographic or CT irregularities were found in 159 of 890 cases (19.8%) without severe illness and in 7 of 176 cases (3.8%) through extreme illness. Lymphocytopenia was available in 85.4% of cases on assertion.

Conclusion: Throughout initial two months of this epidemic, Covid-19 blowout quickly through Pakistan and produced fluctuations in the degree of disease. Patients were often introduced without fever, and many did not make unusual radiological findings.