Several Data of Infection in COVID-19 Patients during March-June 2020 at the First University Clinic of Tbilisi State Medical University, Georgia

Abstract

The emergence of disease COVID-19 in China at the end of 2019 is a major public health issue. Public health and infection control measures are urgently required to limit the spread of this global viral infection.

160 patients were admitted to the First University Clinic of Tbilisi State Medical University (TSMU) during March-June 2020. We  retrospectively studied these cases according to gender and age of patients, lethal outcome rate, hospitalization days and  frequency of different comorbid diseases. Also, observations were carried out on patients taking angiotensin converting enzyme(ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin 1(AT1) receptor blockers due to heart failure or arterial hypertension. Among COVID-19 lethal outcome patients, frequency between female and male was not significantly different (44.4% vs. 55.6%). Frequency of infected patients was the most common in 30-59 of ages (45.3%). Average hospitalization days were 21. Mortality rate was 5.6%, mostly in age above 60 (88.8%). Among lethal outcome patients, 88.8% had comorbid diseases. Heart failure, acute kidney injury, sepsis, essential arterial hypertension III, mitral valve defect, nontoxic diffuse goiter and etc; were the most common underlying conditions. Covid-19 Convalescent patients with arterial hypertension (55%) which were not treated with angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin 1 receptor blockers, required less hospitalization days, approximately 2-3 days (62 hours).