3.1 Demographics
Twenty eligible patients diagnosed with severe COVID-19 pneumonia were
admitted to the ICU of DHQ Hospital Faisalabad during the above
mentioned duration. The mean age of the patients was 70±12 years (35 to
85 years), 40% of them were male. The mean duration of symptoms before
admission to the ICU DHQ Hospital was 11±9 days. The most common symptom
on admission was cough. Other common symptoms include fatigue or myalgia
(n=18, 90%), fever (n=17, 85%), and dyspnea (n=16, 80%). Six (30%)
patients had more than one underlying disease. More than 50% (n=11,
55%) of patients had underlying diseases, of which hypertension was the
most common (n=11, 55%), followed by cardiovascular diseases (n=4,
20%) and diabetes (n=3, 15%). Ten patients died during the ICU
hospitalization (hereinafter referred to as ”death group”), and 10
patients recovered and were discharged (hereinafter referred to as
”survival group”). Table 1 represents the demographics, clinical
characteristics, and laboratory indicators of the patients in each
group.