Clinical characteristics and risk factors for severe COVID-19 infections in Malaysia: A nationwide observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 emerged as a major public health outbreak in late 2019. Malaysia reported its first imported case on 25th January 2020, and adopted a policy of extensive contact tracing and hospitalising of all cases. We describe the clinical characteristics of COVID-19 cases nationwide and determine the risk factors associated with disease severity.

Method

Clinical records of all RT-PCR confirmed COVID-19 cases aged ≥12 years admitted to 18 designated hospitals in Malaysia between 1st February and 30th May 2020 with complete outcomes were retrieved. Epidemiological history, co-morbidities, clinical features, investigations, management and complications were captured using REDCap database. Variables were compared between mild and severe diseases. Univariate and multivari

SUBMITTER: Sim BLH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7837062 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature