Clinical characteristics, treatment regimen and duration of hospitalization among COVID-19 patients in Ghana: a retrospective cohort study
Ashinyo et al.,
Clinical characteristics, treatment regimen and duration of hospitalization among COVID-19 patients in Ghana:..,
Pan African Medical Journal, 37:1, doi:10.11604/pamj.supp.2020.37.1.25718
Retrospective 307 hospital patients in Ghana showing 33% reduction in hospitalization time with HCQ, 29% reduction with HCQ+AZ, and 37% reduction with CQ+AZ.
hospitalization time, 33.0% lower, relative time 0.67, p = 0.03, treatment 61, control 61.
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Ashinyo et al., 15 Sep 2020, retrospective, Ghana, peer-reviewed, 16 authors.
Abstract: Supplement
Research
Clinical characteristics, treatment regimen and
duration of hospitalization among COVID-19 patients
in Ghana: a retrospective cohort study
Mary Eyram Ashinyo, Vida Duti, Stephen Dajaan Dubik, Kingsley Ebenezer Amegah, Selorm Kutsoati, Ebenezer OduroMensah, Peter Puplampu, Martha Gyansa-Lutterodt, Delese Mimi Darko, Kwame Ohene Buabeng, Anthony Ashinyo,
Anthony Adofo Ofosu, Nyonuku Akosua Baddoo, Samuel Kaba Akoriyea, Francis Ofei, Patrick Kuma-Aboagye
Corresponding author: Mary Eyram Ashinyo, Institutional Care Division, Ghana Health Service Headquarters, Private
Mail Bag, Accra, Ghana. mary.ashinyo@ghsmail.org
Received: 23 Aug 2020 - Accepted: 10 Sep 2020 - Published: 15 Sep 2020
Keywords: COVID-19, clinical characteristics, azithromycin, chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine, supportive treatment,
duration of hospitalization, infectious diseases, Ghana
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Cite this article: Mary Eyram Ashinyo et al. Clinical characteristics, treatment regimen and duration of hospitalization
among COVID-19 patients in Ghana: a retrospective cohort study. Pan African Medical Journal. 2020;37(1):9.
10.11604/pamj.supp.2020.37.1.25718
Available online at: https://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/series/37/1/9/full
This article is published as part of the supplement: PAMJ Special issue on COVID 19 in Africa (Volume 2) sponsored by
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Clinical characteristics, treatment regimen and
duration of hospitalization among COVID-19
patients in Ghana: a retrospective cohort study
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Mary Eyram Ashinyo , Vida Duti , Stephen Dajaan
Dubik3, Kingsley Ebenezer Amegah4, Selorm
Kutsoati5, Ebenezer Oduro-Mensah6, Peter
Puplampu7, Martha Gyansa-Lutterodt8, Delese
Mimi Darko9, Kwame Ohene Buabeng10, Anthony
Ashinyo11, Anthony Adofo Ofosu12, Nyonuku Akosua
Baddoo13, Samuel Kaba Akoriyea1, Francis Ofei14,
Patrick Kuma-Aboagye15
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Institutional Care Division, Ghana Health Service
Headquarters, Private Mail Bag, Accra, Ghana, 2IRCGhana, Cantoments-Accra, Ghana, 3School of Allied
Health Sciences, University for Development
Studies, Tamale, Ghana, 4Department of Health
Information, Hohoe Municipal Hospital, Hohoe,
Mary Eyram Ashinyo et al. PAMJ - 37(Supp 1):9. 15 Sep 2020. - Page numbers not for citation purposes.
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Ghana, 5Ga East Municipal Health Directorate,
Accra, Ghana, 6Ga East Municipal Hospital, Accra,
Ghana, 7Department of Medicine, Korle Bu
Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana, 8Technical
Coordination Directorate, Ministry of Health, Accra,
Ghana, 9Food and Drug Authority, Accra, Ghana,
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Department of Pharmacy Practice, Kwame
Nkrumah University of Science and Technology,
Ghana, 11National AIDS/STI Control Programme,
Accra, Ghana, 12Ghana Health Service, Accra,
Ghana, 13National AIDS/STI Control Programme,
Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana, 14Department
of Medicines, School of Medicine and Dentistry,
University of Cape Coast, 15Office of the Director
General, Ghana Health Service Headquarters,
Accra, Ghana
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Corresponding author
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