DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2021.v09i06.010

Pages: 650-656

Objectives of the study: To find out the incidence of Covid 19 in patients reporting to a tertiary care private hospital set up and to find out its treatment outcome. Methodology: Study Design: Descriptive cross sectional six months’ study conducted in a private hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. Non-probability convenient consecutive sampling was used for the study. A total of 367 patients reported to the OPD of the hospital were included for the study who were screened during the study period. Out of these, 328 (89.4%) patients were found Covid 19 positive. Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria: Patients complaining of fever, dry cough and tiredness were further checked and interrogated for other symptoms e. g. aches and pains, sore throat, diarrhea, conjunctivitis, headache, loss of taste and smell, skin rash, discoloration of fingers or toes. Once these symptoms were found to be present investigation further continued with the diagnostic tests. Patients who did not come under the inclusion criteria were excluded from the study. Research Procedure: The following tests were conducted for further confirmation: Rapid antigen test, COVID PCR, COVID Antibodies, Chest X-ray, HRCT - CT scan of the chest, inflammatory Markers - (Ferritin, LDH, Dimers). Conclusion: COVID 19 pandemic is an unprecedented crisis and it has altered the lifestyles of people. Out of the total suspected cases 89.4% were confirmed for Covid 19 and the cure rate was 87%, while the death ratio was recorded 2.5%.