Fever among COVID-19 Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Western Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

Introduction: COVID-19 has a wide spectrum of clinical presentation ranging from asymptomatic infection to acute respiratory distress syndrome and multi organ dysfunction. Data regarding this is scarce in our setting. This study aims to study the prevalence of fever in confirmed COVID-19 cases in...

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Autores principales:	Prabin Khatri, Aryan Neupane, Ashish Banjade, Ashmita Chhetri, Dipesh Sharma, Pradip Chhetri, Pramila Thapa, Nasatya Khadka, Saugat Karki, Srijana Neupane
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Publicado:	Nepal Medical Association 2021
Materias:	COVID-19 fever symptoms Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d270735a5ee442b0a0a082af0dd6879b2021-11-07T19:11:50ZFever among COVID-19 Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Western Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study10.31729/jnma.64220028-27151815-672Xhttps://doaj.org/article/d270735a5ee442b0a0a082af0dd6879b2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.jnma.com.np/jnma/index.php/jnma/article/view/6422https://doaj.org/toc/0028-2715https://doaj.org/toc/1815-672X Introduction: COVID-19 has a wide spectrum of clinical presentation ranging from asymptomatic infection to acute respiratory distress syndrome and multi organ dysfunction. Data regarding this is scarce in our setting. This study aims to study the prevalence of fever in confirmed COVID-19 cases in a tertiary care hospital of western Nepal. Methods: We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study among patients admitted to COVID-19 wards and intensive care units of a tertiary care hospital. We enrolled patients from August 2020 to January 2021 and the study proposal was approved by the Institutional Review Committee (reference number: 069/20). Convenience sampling method was used. Data entry and descriptive analysis were done in Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 16.0. Point estimate at 95% Confidence Interval was calculated along with frequency and descriptive statistics. Results: Among 206 cases of COVID-19, the most common symptom was fever 136 (66.1%) (95% Confidence Interval= 58.14.63-74.05). Sixty-seven (49.3%) of those with fever required intensive care units admission whereas 27 (19.9%) of patients with fever had mortality. Most common comorbidities in the patient having fever is Diabetes mellitus 41 (66.1%) followed by hypertension 20 (62.5%). Conclusions: Fever was the most common presenting complaint with high prevalence as compared to similar studies done in similar settings. We stress the importance of considering the presence of COVID-19 even in the absence of fever as many patients presented without fever. Prabin KhatriAryan NeupaneAshish BanjadeAshmita ChhetriDipesh SharmaPradip ChhetriPramila ThapaNasatya KhadkaSaugat KarkiSrijana NeupaneNepal Medical AssociationarticleCOVID-19feversymptomsMedicine (General)R5-920ENJournal of Nepal Medical Association, Vol 59, Iss 242 (2021)
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topic	COVID-19 fever symptoms Medicine (General) R5-920
spellingShingle	COVID-19 fever symptoms Medicine (General) R5-920 Prabin Khatri Aryan Neupane Ashish Banjade Ashmita Chhetri Dipesh Sharma Pradip Chhetri Pramila Thapa Nasatya Khadka Saugat Karki Srijana Neupane Fever among COVID-19 Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Western Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
description	Introduction: COVID-19 has a wide spectrum of clinical presentation ranging from asymptomatic infection to acute respiratory distress syndrome and multi organ dysfunction. Data regarding this is scarce in our setting. This study aims to study the prevalence of fever in confirmed COVID-19 cases in a tertiary care hospital of western Nepal. Methods: We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study among patients admitted to COVID-19 wards and intensive care units of a tertiary care hospital. We enrolled patients from August 2020 to January 2021 and the study proposal was approved by the Institutional Review Committee (reference number: 069/20). Convenience sampling method was used. Data entry and descriptive analysis were done in Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 16.0. Point estimate at 95% Confidence Interval was calculated along with frequency and descriptive statistics. Results: Among 206 cases of COVID-19, the most common symptom was fever 136 (66.1%) (95% Confidence Interval= 58.14.63-74.05). Sixty-seven (49.3%) of those with fever required intensive care units admission whereas 27 (19.9%) of patients with fever had mortality. Most common comorbidities in the patient having fever is Diabetes mellitus 41 (66.1%) followed by hypertension 20 (62.5%). Conclusions: Fever was the most common presenting complaint with high prevalence as compared to similar studies done in similar settings. We stress the importance of considering the presence of COVID-19 even in the absence of fever as many patients presented without fever.
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author	Prabin Khatri Aryan Neupane Ashish Banjade Ashmita Chhetri Dipesh Sharma Pradip Chhetri Pramila Thapa Nasatya Khadka Saugat Karki Srijana Neupane
author_facet	Prabin Khatri Aryan Neupane Ashish Banjade Ashmita Chhetri Dipesh Sharma Pradip Chhetri Pramila Thapa Nasatya Khadka Saugat Karki Srijana Neupane
author_sort	Prabin Khatri
title	Fever among COVID-19 Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Western Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
title_short	Fever among COVID-19 Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Western Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
title_full	Fever among COVID-19 Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Western Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
title_fullStr	Fever among COVID-19 Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Western Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
title_full_unstemmed	Fever among COVID-19 Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Western Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
title_sort	fever among covid-19 patients in a tertiary care hospital of western nepal: a descriptive cross-sectional study
publisher	Nepal Medical Association
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/d270735a5ee442b0a0a082af0dd6879b
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Fever among COVID-19 Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Western Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

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