Nagendra Thakur, Sayak Das, Swatantra Kumar, Vimal K Maurya, Kuldeep Dhama, Janusz T Paweska, Ahmed S Abdel-Moneim, Amita Jain, Anil K Tripathi, Bipin Puri, Shailendra K Saxena
Tracing the origin of Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2): A systematic review and narrative synthesis
Journal of medical virology
study aim describe demographic clinical imaging characteristics treatment course subsequent outcomes first 116 cases presenting tertiary dublin hospital covid19 infection compare whether ethnic minority background risk factor poorer disease outcomes cohort 116 cases analysed 100 86 patients presented community 6 5 care homes 10 9 existing inpatients fiftyfour 46 patients identified ethnic minority group one hundred fourteen 98 patients reported two symptoms time diagnosis 81 70 patients confirmed radiological findings covid19 infection median duration symptoms prior hospital presentation 6 days iqr 310 days median age presentation 52 years iqr 4365 comorbidities recorded included hypertension hyperlipidaemia type 2 diabetes mellitus underlying respiratory disease previous current malignancy current smoker twentysix patients 22 required icu admission 20 769 ethnic groups combined 6 10 white irish group adjusting variables age ethnicity gender ethnic groups combined five times likely require icu admission white irish group table 5 patients ethnic groups combined admitted icu significantly younger patients white irish group 5085 vs 6283 p 0012 hospitals catchment area serves wideranging diverse population many ethnic minority groups represented data demonstrated significant overrepresentation younger cohort patients ethnic minority groups admitted icu covid19 infection less comorbidities white irish group