Clinical characteristics of patients with COVID-19 admitted to the COVID-19 Emergency Field Hospital of Bangkalan, Indonesia [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

• Main Authors: Erwin Astha Triyono, -, Fenska Seipalla, -, Nathania Djaja, -, Ahmad Ifan Maulana Akbas, -, Kurnia Auliyana Ar-Rahmah, -, Perthdyatama Syifaq Budiono, -, Aditya Putra Pamungkas, -, Yussika Fernanda, -, Alfian Jam'Annuri, -, Clarissa Azalia Maheswari, -
• Format: Article PeerReviewed
• Language: English; English; English; English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2022
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); RC Internal medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.unair.ac.id/125721/1/Artikel%208.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/125721/3/Similarity%208.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/125721/4/8.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/125721/8/Bukti%20Korespondensi.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/125721/; https://f1000research.com/articles/11-414/v2; https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.110716.2
• Institution: Universitas Airlangga

Background: Following the surge of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in the epicenter of East Java Province, this study aimed to determine the clinical characteristics of patients with COVID-19 at one of the emergency field hospitals in Indonesia. Methods: This was a single-centered, retrospective descriptive study of 763 patients admitted to the COVID-19 Emergency Field Hospital of Bangkalan from July 5 2021 to September 30 2021. The demographic data, clinical signs and symptoms, pre-existing comorbidities, therapy, and clinical outcomes of the patients were analyzed using SPSS. Results: The clinical characteristics of patients with COVID-19 at the emergency hospital were varied. A total of 763 patients were included. The most common age was between 40 and 49 years (31.1%), a slight majority were women (51.5%), and most had travelled abroad in the last 14 days (99.1%). Of the 763 patients, 70.9% had no comorbidities. Half of the patients were asymptomatic (49.4%), 46% were mild cases, 4.1% were moderate, and 0.5% severe. The most common symptoms were productive cough (15.7%) and headache (15.3%). Supportive and comorbidity therapy were given which showed excellent clinical outcomes. Conclusions: This study presents the description of the clinical characteristics of COVID-19 patients during high surge cases of COVID-19 that are mostly dominated by Indonesian migrant workers in a field hospital. majority of COVID-19 patients were asymptomatic and therapy without antibiotics or antivirals showed positive outcomes in COVID-19 patients.