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Peddoju Moulika et al., Int. J Nov. Tren. Pharm. Sci. 2021; 11(2): 25-33O A
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Evaluation of Drug Utilisation Pattern and Clinical Presentation in Covid19Patients Based on the Disease Severity
1Vasavi Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India2Anurag University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India3H.K.E.S.S Mathosree Taradevi Rampure Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Gulbarga, Karnataka,India4Yashoda Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana, India5Department of Pharmacy Practice, K.K. College of Pharmacy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Article History:
Received on: 29 May 2021Revised on: 18 Jun 2021Accepted on: 20 Jun 2021
Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) is an extremely communicable dis-ease characterized by the serious acute respiratory in luenza virus 2, arecently identi ied novel viral disease (SARS-CoV-2). Hitherto, the quantityof established instances worldwide has reached 135 million, and the numberof deaths is 2.9 million. In India, the cases were found to be 20million and themortality rate is 3,51,000. This virus was irst identi ied inWuhan City, HubeiProvince in China, at the end of 2019. Until now, it affected more than 200countries. The treatment pattern and clinical presentations were assessed inCOVID 19 patients. A total of 146 patients ,severe patients (n = 71) and non-severe patients (n = 75) where included in the study. The mean age of thestudy population was found to be 58.76±14.32 and the most common symp-toms of patients include fever, fatigue, dry cough, and diarrhea there is no sta-tistically signi icant difference in the clinical features between severe andnon-severe patients. There is no signi icant difference in the laboratory indingsexcept lymphocyte count, CORADS and N/L ratio between severe and non-severe patients. COVID-19 affects all age groups especially the elderly. Therisk for severe illness with COVID-19 increases with age. COVID 19 patientswere presented with various the risk factors and the clinical features in thesevere and non severe conditions patients, our study shows great signi icanceto prevent the patient turning to critical condition during diagnosis and treat-ment.
Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) is anextremely communicable disease characterized bythe serious acute respiratory in luenza virus 2,a recently identi ied novel viral disease (SARS-CoV-2) [1]. Hitherto, the quantity of establishedinstances worldwide has reached 135 million, andthe number of deaths is 2.9 million. In India, thecases were found to be 20 million and the mortal-ity rate is 3,51,000. This virus was irst identi ied inWuhan City, Hubei Province in China, at the end of2019. Until now, it affected more than 200 coun-
Table 1: Distribution of Covid-19 Patients Based on Disease SeveritySeverity Total Gender P-value
Male (n=106) Female (n=40)
Severe 71 52 19 0.8667Non- severe 75 54 21
tries. The sudden appearance of the COVID-19deadly disease has led to a substantial loss of humanexistence all over the world by affecting publichealth, social and economic development [2, 3].
COVID-19 has a range of impacts on various per-sons. The majority of infected persons will experi-ence mild-to-moderate sickness and will be able torecover without the need for hospitalisation. Symp-toms can be managed at home by individuals whohave minimal symptoms and are otherwise it. Sub-stantially it usually takes 5 to 6 days for symptomsto show when someone is infected with the virus,however it can take up to 14 days [4]. Acute respi-ratory discomfort syndromes (ARDS), which mani-fests as dyspnea and acute respiratory insuf iciencyis the most serious consequence of chronic COVID-19 infectious disease. Severe COVID-19 has beenassociated to cardiovascular sequelae, acute renaldamage, neurological problems and acute ischemiastrokes in addition to respiratory complications.Only a few cases of encephalitis have been doc-umented. COVID-19 severity seems to be linkedto coagulopathy, which manifests as thrombosis inmany organs [5, 6].
Though the clinical characteristics of Coronavirus-19 and the pathogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 are stillbeing investigated; The pathogenesis of COVID-19is considered to be controlled by two mechanisms:irst, initial infections is largely controlled by SARS-CoV-2 proliferation; secondly, later transmission isdriven largely by an excessive in lammatory systemto the in luenza that contributes to tissue destruc-tion. Antiviral treatments are expected to have thebiggest impact initially in the progression of the ill-ness whereas immunomodulatory medications areanticipated to be more effective in the latter phasesof COVID-19, predicated on this understanding [7,8]. Vaccines have been developed to ight againstCOVID-19. In all countries, vulnerable popula-tions are the highest priority for vaccination. Cur-rently, two vaccines that have granted emergencyuse authorization by the CDSCO in India are COV-ISHIELD and COVAXIN [9]. Thus far, most of theavailable papers on COVID-19 have been focused onepidemiologic and experimental distinctiveness ofCOVID-19 patients. In this paper, we report the clin-ical features seen in COVID-19 patients and also the
treatment plan followed to treat these patients.
MATERIALS ANDMETHODS
Study FrameworkAt a multi-specialty clinic, this potential observa-tional research was conducted, Bangalore over aperiod of six months. This study was conductedbetween the period August 2020 and January 2021.Patients with the following criteria were allowed toparticipate in this study: a) Patients with COVID-19positive; b) Both gender; c) Age groupbetween15 to80 years; d) Inpatients. The following criteria wereexcluded: a) Pregnant and lactating women; b) Pae-diatrics.
Data CollectionPrior to the start of the research, the InstitutionalEthical Committee gave their approval. Patientswhosatis ied the survey’s inclusion requirements wereincluded. Well-versed authority was gained fromthe patient or attenders of patient. The patientsdemographic details, medical and medication his-tory, clinical features, laboratory indings, drugsdetails were collected from the patients medicalrecords and documented in a suitably designed indi-vidual case record form.
Statistical ExaminationSPSS Versions 20 was used for statistical analysis.The mean and standard variation are used to depictany continuous statistics. Numbers and ratios areused to portray categorical variables. Chi-squaretest was conducted for the analysis of the categor-ical variables and T-tests for continuous variables.P-value less than 0.05 were seen as statistically sub-stantial at 5% level of signi icance with con idenceinterval 95%.
RESULTS
A total of 146 patients were included in the studybased on inclusion criteria. Table 1 shows the dis-ease severity of study population. The patientsweredivided into severe patients (n = 71) and non-severepatients (n = 75). Statistically signi icant differencewas not found in the disease severity between thegender. Of all the patients, 106 were male and 40
The mean age of the study population was foundto be 58.76±14.32. Age parameter reveal that 37patients fall between 51-60 years followed by 32patients between 61-70 years. Statistically signi i-cant difference was not seen in the disease severitybased on agewhich is shown in Table 2 and Figure 2.
When comparing comorbidities between severeand non-severe COVID-19 patients, we found thatpatients in the severe COVID-19 group were sig-ni icantly seen with the comorbidity of hyperten-sion than those in the non-severe COVID-19 group.Common comorbidities observed in this populationwere hypertension, diabetes mellitus and hypothy-roidism which was shown in Table 3 and Figure 3.
The clinical presentation of COVID-19 patients who
participated in this study is shown in Table 4 andFigure 4. Most repeatedly observed features werecough and fever followed by other symptoms. Sta-tistically signi icant difference was not observed inthe clinical features between severe and non-severepatients.
Themean and SD values of each laboratory parame-ter is given in Table 5. We found no signi icant differ-ence in the laboratory indings except lymphocytecount, CORADS and N/L ratio between severe andnon-severe patients.
Table 6 and Figure 5 depicts the drugs utilized totreat severe and non-severe COVID-19 patients inthe present study. Among various antibiotics pre-scribed, doxycycline and piperacillin/tazobactamwere commonly prescribed to these patients fol-
lowed by corticosteroids, anti-pyretic, leukotrienereceptor antagonist and other drugs.
The distribution of study population based on cor-ticosteroids use in COVID-19 patients who partici-pated in this study is shown in Table 7. Statisticallysigni icant difference was observed in the severity,WBC count, Neutrophil count and serum ferritinbetween severe and non severe patients.
Flowchart ondistributionof studypopulationbasedon corticosteroids use in COVID-19 patients whoparticipated in this study is shown in Figure 6. Itwasfound that use of corticosteroids was more in nonsevere group compared to severe group patients.
DISCUSSION
COVID-19 is a virus that irst appeared in China inDecember 2019 and has since spread around theworld. Depending on clinical symptoms and lab-oratory indings, COVID-19 sufferers are classi iedas low, moderate, serious, or sensitive [10]. Inour study, we included only two groups: serious ornon serious. COVID-19 affects all age groups espe-cially the elderly. The risk for severe illness withCOVID-19 increases with age [11]. This is similarto our report showed the mean age of 58 years. Anincreased number of positive patients was noticedabove 50 years since they are at higher risk, com-pared to severe group non severe sub group pop-ulation were older between the age group of 50-60years. When compared to individuals withoutcomorbidities, COVID-19 patients with comorbidi-ties have poorer results. COVID-19 individuals with
a background of hypotension, overweight, chroniclungs diseases, diabetes, or heart diseases had thepoorest expectancy, with worsening consequencessuch as pneumonia and acute respiratory distresssyndrome [12]. Diabetes mellitus, hypertension,and hypothyroidism were three common comor-bidities seen in our study population. The clini-cal features and disease outcomes among COVID-19 patients vary from person to person. COVID-19can cause a wide range of symptoms, from symp-tomless individuals to septic shocks andmulti-organfailure [13]. Fever, tiredness, a sore throat, and diar-rhea are the most frequent indications of sufferers,which resembles the present study report.
When a patient has moderate to extreme breathingproblems, chest screening is recommended. Chestcomputed tomography (CT) indings in Instancesof COVID-19 exhibit consolidation, vertical opacity,septal thickness and/or reticulations, crazy-pavingframework, air bronchogram, pleural thickening,halo sign, bronchiectasis, nodules, bronchial wallthickening, and reversed halo sign [14]. The aboveindings coincide with the CT indings of our studypopulation. Aside from CT results and medical pre-sentations the majority of COVID-19 patients hadlaboratory abnormalities such as complete bloodcounts CBC, heart and coagulation measures, renaland liver functioning testing and in lammation-linked variables [15]. Our study population hasshown a change in the following parameters: ASTand ALT(increased), CRP (increased), serum fer-ritin (increased), D- dimer (increased), and LDH(increased). Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR)
Figure 1: Distribution of Covid-19 PatientsBased on Disease Severity
Figure 2: Distribution of Covid-19 PatientsBased on Age
Figure 3: Common Comorbidities in Covid-19Patients
test combination assists in con irming the state ofhyper in lammation and prognosis of patients [16].
The present study reported an increased NLRwhichdiscloses the studied population has hyper in lam-mation.
Among 146 patients n= 4(2.73%) patients diedduring hospitalization and 3 patients had steroidsinduced hyperglycemia treated by administrationof Insulin. Overall n=115 patients received corti-costeroid therapy. There is a statistical differencesin Severity, WBC count, Neutrophil count, D dimer
Figure 4: Clinical Features of Patients withCovid-19
Figure 5: Drugs prescribed to covid patients
Figure 6: Flow chart on distribution of studypopulation based on use of corticosteroids
and serum ferritin values in those who did and didnot receive corticosteroids. Based upon the diseaseseverity of COVID 19, non severeweremore likely toreceive corticosteroids. In the present study nearlyall patients received antibacterial, antivirals and glu-cocorticoids.
Currently, there is no cure for COVID-19. The goal oftreatment is to manage and reduce symptoms untilyou recover from the disease. Remdesivir is the onlyantiviral medication authorized by the FDA for thediagnosis of COVID-19. It is advised to utilize it inadmitted individuals who need supplementary oxy-gen. Dexamethasone is a corticosteroids that hasbeen shown to enhance survival in individuals whoneed supplementary oxygen and mechanized venti-lation in the hospital. As a result, the usage of dex-
amethasone is highly suggested [17]. Concerningthe above statement, our study population has beenprescribed corticosteroids, remdesivir, antibiotics,antipyretics, pain killers, and other medications tocure Coronavirus-19.
CONCLUSION
The global pandemic COVID-19 has an impact on themental health and psycho-social concerns of peo-ple due to isolation and quarantine. Among var-ious measures, Segregation is the most bene icialCOVID-19 suppression strategy. Hence, in additionto the pharmacological management, psychologicalsupport is very essential to COVID-19 patients toovercome their stress, anxiety and depression. Themajor limitations of this study were selection biasand the small population size. Therefore, a studywith larger population size should be carried out todetermine clinical features, risk factors andmanage-ment accurately.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We would like to thank Tirupati Ramalakshmi forher invaluable help in data collection.
Con lict of Interest
The authors have no con licts of interest regardingthis investigation.
Funding Support
No Funding support.
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