“IMPACT ON CLINICAL OUTCOME AND TOTAL HOSPITAL STAY DURATION OF VACCINATED RTPCR POSITIVE PATIENTS ATTENDING TERTIARY CARE CENTRE”

Abstract

Back ground: India responded swiftly to the global pandemic - COVID 19 , by starting administration of vaccines to its people from January 2021.At end of an year after starting vaccine drive, there was a need of ground reality assessment to check its impact on people. Aims & Objective: The aim is to study the impact on clinical outcome and hospital stay duration of the COVID 19 vaccine status among RTPCR positive patients attending tertiary care centre. The objectives are to estimate mean hospital stay duration and number of death and discharges among RTPCR postive unvaccinated, partially and fully vaccinated patients. Materials And Methods: A total of 57 patients were included in study and at admission level, they were grouped into A, B, C as unvaccinated, partially vaccinated, fully vaccinated respectively. They were followed throughout their disease course and clinical outcomes were measured as either death or discharge and number of days of hospital stay. The clinical outcomes were compared in each group and checked for any statistical signicance. Results: The mean hospital duration in days are 8,7,5 and discharges are 3,7,33 and deaths are 6,7,1 in group A,B,C respectively (p<0.05). Conclusion: Thus vaccinated have lower hospital stay duration , lower death rates and higher discharge rates than partially vaccinated than unvaccinated ones.