MEDICAL AND SOCIAL ANALYSIS OF PATIENTS WHO DIED OF SARS-COV-2 IN THE SPECIALIZED INFECTIOUS DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF SUMY DURING THE FIRST WAVE OF THE EPIDEMIC.

OBJECTIVE

The aim of the article is to analyze demographic indicators, clinical symptoms, concomitant pathology, and the course of acute respiratory viral infection (ARVI) caused by SARS-CoV-2 in patients with a fatal outcome of the disease.

PATIENTS AND

METHODS

Materials and methods: To achieve the goal, a statistical method, an analytical method, and a method of retrospective analysis of the medical histories of patients with fatal cases who were hospitalized with a diagnosis of ARVI caused by SARS-CoV-2 were used.

RESULTS

Results

Mortality among patients who were hospitalized with a diagnosis of ARVI caused by SARS-CoV-2 was 8.18 ± 2.17%. Among them, 62% were male and 38% were female. Cardiovascular pathology took first place in the structure of concomitant pathology of all age groups and accounted for 76%. Oncological diseases accounted for 62%, gastrointestinal diseases - 54%, endocrine diseases - 38%, and respiratory system diseases 23% of the total number of patients with fatal cases.

CONCLUSION

Conclusions

Mortality from coronavirus infection in the period March - July 2020 among the male population was 62%, of which 13% - from the age group 18-45 years, 38% - from the age group 46-64 years, and 50% - patients 65 years old and older. Among the female population, the mortality rate was 38%, of which 20% were women in the age group 46-64% and 80% were 65 years and older. The presence of no-hospital polysegmental pneumonia as a complication of ARVI caused by SARS-CoV-2 was 62% among all age groups of the studied patients with fatal cases.