Clinical characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 patients in a tertiary hospital in Baguio City, Philippines

Cortez et al., Western Pacific Surveillance and Response Journal, doi:10.5365/wpsar.2021.12.4.852

Nov 2021

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Retrospective 280 hospitalized patients in the Philippines, 25 treated with HCQ, not showing any significant differences in unadjusted results.

Although the 15% lower mortality is not statistically significant, it is consistent with the significant 24% lower mortality [19‑28%] from meta analysis of the 244 mortality results to date. This study is excluded in the after exclusion results of meta analysis: unadjusted results with no group details.

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risk of death, 15.0% lower, RR 0.85, p = 1.00, treatment 1 of 25 (4.0%), control 12 of 255 (4.7%), NNT 142.

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Cortez et al., 11 Nov 2021, retrospective, Philippines, peer-reviewed, 29 authors, study period March 2020 - October 2020.

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Clinical characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 patients in a tertiary hospital in Baguio City, Philippines

Karen Joyce Cortez, Bernard A Demot, Samantha S Bartolo, Dexter D Feliciano, Verna Moila Ciriaco, Imari Irish Labi, Denzelle Diane Viray, Jenna Charise Casuga, Karol Anne Camonayan-Flor, Precious Mae Gomez, Marie Ellaine Velasquez, Thea Pamela Cajulao, Jovy E Nigos, Maria Lowella De Leon, Domingo P Solimen, Angelita G Go, Francis M Pizarro, Larry C Haya Jr, Ray P Aswat, Virginia B Mangati, Caesar Noel Palaganas, Mylene N Genuino, Kimberley M Cutiyog-Ubando, Karen C Tadeo, Marinelle Longid, Nowell Benedict Catbagan, Joel B Bongotan, Beverly Anne Dominguez-Villar, Joeffrey B Dalao

Western Pacific Surveillance and Response Journal, doi:10.5365/wpsar.2021.12.4.852

oronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), primarily targets the respiratory system. In December 2019, an epidemiological alert was released in China following a rise in cases of pneumonia of unknown cause. The Philippines announced its first confirmed case on 31 January 2020. 1,2 The World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared a global pandemic on 11 March 2020, by which time the Philippines already had 49 confirmed cases, largely in the National Capital Region. 2 Baguio City is located north of Manila, within the Cordillera Central mountain range in northern Luzon. The estimated population is 345 000, with adults (aged 19-60 years) and those aged over 60 years comprising 52% and 6.6% of the population, respectively. 3 Leading causes of morbidity include hypertension, diabetes, bronchitis and asthma. 4 The first confirmed case in Baguio City was recorded on the city's ninth day of quarantine during March 2020, with local sustained transmission declared six months later. 5 Worldwide, by the end of October 2020, there were 43 623 111 confirmed cases and 1 161 311 deaths. At that time in the Philippines, cases had risen

Conflicts of interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest. Ethics approval This study has been approved by the Ethics Review Board of Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center, Baguio City, Philippines.

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