Study to estimate the risk factors associated with deaths due to COVID-19 infection
- Conditions
- Coronavirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere,
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/05/033446
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Manu Mathews
- Brief Summary
Study design : Descriptive cross sectional record based study
The study estimates various parameters in covid -19 deaths from data available in medical records section of government Medical College Kannur.
The study centre is the only major tertiary centre managing category C covid 19 patients for 2 districts , kannur and Kasargode in North Kerala.
Purpose is to identify the age group , lab parameters and the comorbidities in covid-19 deaths so as to streamline the preventive and treatment measures to the vulnerable group
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 450
All patients aged more than 18 yrs with documented covid-19 infection and expired during their hospital stay in the study period.
Patients with documented covid -19 infection but expired due to causes definitely other than covid -19 like suicides , accidents etc.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To study the comorbidities and complications of patients expired due to the covid-19 infection Retrospective study with study period April 1,2020 to March 31, 2021 (1 year ) To evaluate the demographic, clinical and laboratory parameters of patient expired due to covid-19 Retrospective study with study period April 1,2020 to March 31, 2021 (1 year )
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method .nil .nil
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Government Medical College,. Kannur , Pariyaram , kerala
🇮🇳Kannur, KERALA, India
Government Medical College,. Kannur , Pariyaram , kerala🇮🇳Kannur, KERALA, IndiaDr Manu MathewsPrincipal investigator8156991383manumathews123@gmail.com