Profile of COVID-19 positive patients admitted from March to June 2020 at the Sino-Congolese Friendship Hospital in N'djili from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Abstract

Background: The recent emergence of COVID-19 around the world including the Democratic Republic of Congo has resulted in an understanding of the transmission pattern, severity, clinical features and risk factors for infection. Goals: Determine the profile of COVID-19 positive patients on the epidemiological, clinical, paraclinical and therapeutic levels followed at the Hospital Sino-Congolese Friendship. Methods: A descriptive study carried out on a group of 83 patients positive for COVID-19 from March 10 to June 30, 2020. Results: The average age is 46 of which 63% are under 50.Sixty-two patients (75%) were no severe cases and twenty-one patients (25%) were severe cases. Male sex was predominant (63%) and the sex ratio (M/F) was 1.68%. Thirty percent of patients presented with comorbidities in which high blood pressure was predominant (20.5%).The symptoms were dominated by the tetrad " fever-signs of respiratory distress-headache-cough " of which fever was the predominant (39.8%). The radiographic sign was basal interstitial lung disease (2.4%) and the CT sign was plaque ground glass (1.2%). The case fatality rate is 12.3%. Fifty patients (60%) treated with (Chloroquine +azithromycine + vitamin C + zinc) and twenty three patients (27%) treated with (amoxicillin-clavulanic acid + azithromycin) were cured. Conclusion: This study, carried out in the context of the pandemic, showed that age over 50 appears to be strongly associated with the onset of acute respiratory distress syndrome and is associated with mortality.