Correlation of SaO2 in patients of COVID-19 with and without COPD
Ali Faheem, Misbah-ul-Qamar, Saveela Sadaqat, Muhammad Akram, Rizwan Masud, M. Zeeshan, Zaeem-ul-Saqib, Talha Laique
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ABSTRACT
Background: The Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc
throughout the world, with 150 million cases to date and over 3 million lives
claimed worldwide.
Aim: To explored
the difference in levels of SaO2 of COVID-19 positive patients with
and without COPD.
Study design: Experimental
Study.
Methodology: From May2020 to 2021
patients admitted at Aziz Bhatti Shaheed hospital were included in this
studies. COVID-19 was confirmed by RT-PCR.COPD was confirmed by using GOLD
standard of diagnostic criteria. SaO2 was measured by using pulse
oximeter and confirmed by blood samples measurement of SaO2. Statistical
analysis: SPSS version 22 was used for data
analysis. Paired sample t test was performed to evaluate the hypoxia levels
between three pairs among the time distribution of 1st, 3rd,
and 6th, day.
Results: Levels of SaO2
were statistically significant between COVID-19 positive patients and COVID-19
positive patients with COPD. We calculated the levels of SaO2 at
day1, 3rd, and 6th day and results were significant to
show that COPD might be having some protective effect against hypoxia and that
might be due to use of medications or adaptation of pulmonary cells. Conclusion: It was concluded that levels of
SaO2 was significantly reduced in COVID-19 patients without COPD in
comparison to patients without COPD.
Keywords: COVID-19, COPD and
SaO2.