Clinical, radiological and therapeutic characteristics of patients with COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a rapidly spreading global pandemic. The clinical characteristics of COVID-19 have been reported; however, there is limited research investigating the clinical characteristics of COVID-19 in the Middle East. This study aims to investigate the clinical, radiological and therapeutic characteristics of patients diagnosed with COVID19 in Saudi Arabia.

Methods

This study is a retrospective single-centre case series study. We extracted data for patients who were admitted to the Al-Noor Specialist Hospital with a PCR confirming SARS-COV-2 between 12th and 31st of March 2020. Descriptive statistics were used to describe patients' characteristics. Continuous data were reported as mean ± SD. Chi-squared test/Fisher test were used as ap

SUBMITTER: Shabrawishi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7410246 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature