BCG Vaccination in COVID-19 Patients Admitted to the Emergency Department of a Low-Middle-Income Country: A Cross-Sectional Study.

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Published: Oct 6, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.62118/jmmc.v15i1.469

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Bariha Zehra Taqvi Syeda
MMCH student 2010, Emergency medicine Consultant AKUH ,Currently Registrar St Georges NHS trust.
Akhtiar Ali
FCPS Orthopaedics, Senior Registrar -JPMC Karachi.
Ayesha Abbbasi
Assistant Professor ED, Dow University Hospital , OJHA, Pakistan.
Nadeemullah Khan
Associate Professor ED, AKUH Karachi.

Abstract

Objective: To determine the severity and outcome of covid-19 patients who are vaccinated with BCG in our setup.
Methodology: This cross-sectional study was conducted, from 20th February 2021 to 30th August 2021, at emergency department, Aga Khan University Hospital, Data of interest from 93 covid-19 cases was recorded on predesign proforma. A total of 93 covid 19 positive patients who were included in this study. Effect modifiers were controlled by stratification. Chi-square test was applied post stratification to calculate the expected value and p-value ≤0.05 was considered as significant.
Results: The mean age of the patients was 47.36 years. Most patients were managed at special care unit for covid-19. We did not observe statistically significant association between BCG vaccinated patients (73.11%) and the age, gender, length of hospital stay, or patient disposition in this sample. (Observed p values were above 0.05).
Conclusion: Most cases of covid-19 were BCG vaccinated but there were no statistically significant differences between vaccinated and non-vaccinated individuals in term of age, gender and length of hospital stay.
Keywords: COVID 19, length of hospital stay and BCG vaccination.

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Bariha Zehra Taqvi Syeda, Akhtiar Ali, Ayesha Abbbasi, & Nadeemullah Khan. (2024). BCG Vaccination in COVID-19 Patients Admitted to the Emergency Department of a Low-Middle-Income Country: A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Muhammad Medical College, 15(1), 39-44. https://doi.org/10.62118/jmmc.v15i1.469
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Vol 15 No 1 (2024): May 2024-Oct 2024
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