SHI Cui-lin, CHENG Jun-ping, ZHANG Jian-ping, SUN Gang, LIU Yi-an, WU Mei-ying, LU Jing, ZENG Ling-wu, LI Xiao-hong, RAN Da-wei, HAO Dong-lin, GAO Jing-dong, CAO Xu, XUE Wen-jing, ZHAI Yun-liang
Objective: To analyze the clinical characteristics of 144 patients infected with SARS-Cov-2 Omicron variant (Omicron for short) at different ages in Suzhou at the beginning of 2022, and provide reference for clinical treatment of Omicron infected patients. Methods: A total of 144 patients with Omicron infection in Suzhou admitted to the Infectious Diseases Hospital affiliated to Soochow University from February 14, 2022 to March 6, 2022 were selected as the study subjects. According to their age, the patients were divided into the juvenile group (less than 18 years old, 22 cases), the young and middle-aged group (18 to less than 60 years old, 95 cases) and the elderly group (greater than or equal to 60 years old, 27 cases). The clinical symptoms, laboratory indexes, symptoms duration, nucleic acid conversion to negative. treatment outcome and other characteristics of the patients at different ages were statistically analyzed. Results: Of the 144 patients with Omicron infection, 84 (accounting for 58.33%) and 32 (accounting for 22.22%) were clinically classified as mild and common types, and 116 (accounting for 80.56%) were vaccinated. Among them, 10, 67 and 39 cases were vaccinated with 1, 2 and 3 vaccines, respectively. There were differences among the three groups in fever, cough, nausea and vomiting, and chest tightness (P<0.05). The incidence rate of fever, cough and chest tightness in the juvenile group was higher than that in the other two groups (P<0.05). There were differences among the three groups in laboratory indexes such as lymphocyte count, glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase, albumin, total protein, creatinine, D-dimer and myoglobin (P<0.05). With regards to 116 patients with mild and common type Omicron infection, there were differences among the patients at different ages in the duration of symptoms such as pharyngeal discomfort, nasal congestion, nausea and vomiting, anorexia and diarrhea (P<0.05), and the duration of symptoms in the elderly group was longer (P<0.05). There were differences among the three groups in the course of disease, length of stay and days of nucleic acid conversion to negative (P<0.05), and the course of disease, length of stay and days of nucleic acid conversion to negative in the elderly group were greater than those in the other two groups (P<0.05). Conclusion: This round of local Omicron infection in Suzhou is mainly in young and middle-aged patients, mainly with mild and common symptoms, but the course of disease, length of stay and days of nucleic acid conversion to negative in the elderly patients are relatively longer. Therefore, more attention should be paid to the elderly patients in the treatment process.