Local Experience on Clinical Characteristics of COVID-19: Single Center Experience

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emerged in December 2019 in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, China. COVID-19 is an acute respiratory disease caused by a newly emerged zoonotic coronavirus. The virus is now known as the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The disease it causes is called coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. Aim of the work: Clinical description of COVID-19 patients presented to El-Minia University Hospital Screening Triage. Identification of different varieties of COVID-19 clinical manifestations and complications. Patients and Methods: A retrospective study on the clinical manifestation and complications of 76 patients of COVID-19. Results: Average age 50 years old 43 male and 33 female. 29% with previous history of smoking, 26% with hypertension, 15% diabetic patient and 9% chronic kidney disease. The most common presentation is fever 80%, dry cough 81.6% and shortness of breath 75%, productive cough 9%, anosmia 18.4%, myalgia and bone aches in 60.5%, easy fatigability 61.8% and persistent headache in 34%. GIT manifestations including diarrhea 22% and vomiting 14.5%. Another 3 cases diagnosed as mesenteric vascular occlusion and 2 cases presented with eye involvement. The acute kidney injury (AKI) occurred in 5.3% of the patients. Conclusion: SARS COV-2 can present with different clinical manifestation affecting multiple body systems.