To what extent does contributing factors seen in Covid -19 patient make them more susceptible to contracting sepsis
School Name
Chapin High School
Grade Level
11th Grade
Presentation Topic
Physiology and Health
Presentation Type
Non-Mentored
Abstract
SARS-CoV-2, also known as Covid-19, was the cause of a global pandemic around the beginning of January 2020, with about 32,412 new cases every two weeks as of January 23, 2023, not considering the amount of covid-19 instances that go unreported. Symptoms that have been associated with Covid-19 include fever, chills, extreme cough, fatigue, the new loss of taste and smell, and more. Sepsis, on the other hand, is potentially a life-threatening condition that occurs, as the body's response to an infection which can lead to tissue damage, organ failure, and death. This study aims to analyze the incidence of sepsis among covid patients of different ages, ethnicities, and BMI, including other complications that arrived from these patients contracting Covid, such as Hypertension, ARDS, Renal Failure, and more. This study will be through a retrospective review to more appropriately determine whether the covid patients contract sepsis based on the individual's specific risk rates among these factors. The record of covid patients was obtained through research articles and data related to the researcher's topic. These data points were sorted using stratifications that the researcher saw as a common factor in the following research articles. A chi-squared analysis was conducted to show a significant association between covid patients and sepsis. The outcome of this study is that covid-19 patient populations of males, patients 60-70, patients that are obese, and those with hypertension and ARDS will have a significantly heightened risk of contracting sepsis than other covid-19 patients. These results can potentially improve the prognosis of sepsis in covid patients based on physical features and other pre-consisting conditions that have formed because these patients have contracted covid.
Recommended Citation
Ojo, Ayooluwa, "To what extent does contributing factors seen in Covid -19 patient make them more susceptible to contracting sepsis" (2023). South Carolina Junior Academy of Science. 112.
https://scholarexchange.furman.edu/scjas/2023/all/112
Location
ECL 118
Start Date
3-25-2023 10:00 AM
Presentation Format
Oral and Written
Group Project
No
To what extent does contributing factors seen in Covid -19 patient make them more susceptible to contracting sepsis
ECL 118
SARS-CoV-2, also known as Covid-19, was the cause of a global pandemic around the beginning of January 2020, with about 32,412 new cases every two weeks as of January 23, 2023, not considering the amount of covid-19 instances that go unreported. Symptoms that have been associated with Covid-19 include fever, chills, extreme cough, fatigue, the new loss of taste and smell, and more. Sepsis, on the other hand, is potentially a life-threatening condition that occurs, as the body's response to an infection which can lead to tissue damage, organ failure, and death. This study aims to analyze the incidence of sepsis among covid patients of different ages, ethnicities, and BMI, including other complications that arrived from these patients contracting Covid, such as Hypertension, ARDS, Renal Failure, and more. This study will be through a retrospective review to more appropriately determine whether the covid patients contract sepsis based on the individual's specific risk rates among these factors. The record of covid patients was obtained through research articles and data related to the researcher's topic. These data points were sorted using stratifications that the researcher saw as a common factor in the following research articles. A chi-squared analysis was conducted to show a significant association between covid patients and sepsis. The outcome of this study is that covid-19 patient populations of males, patients 60-70, patients that are obese, and those with hypertension and ARDS will have a significantly heightened risk of contracting sepsis than other covid-19 patients. These results can potentially improve the prognosis of sepsis in covid patients based on physical features and other pre-consisting conditions that have formed because these patients have contracted covid.
