In order to diagnose COVID-19, severe acute respiratory syndrome-Corona Virus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) must be positively identified. When the epidemic first began, medical personnel had little understanding of the condition and course of treatment for COVID-19 patients. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended that it is important to have laboratory attached to management. In order to analyze the various laboratory findings in COVID-19 diagnosis observed at the Isolation Centre of the Fevers Unit of Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, a retrospective analysis study of various documented laboratory results captured. A total of 54 patients were hospitalized at the COVID-19 ICU of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. Women accounted for 57% (31/54) positivity and men, 43% (23/54). The mean (SD) age was 47.1(17.9) years. The age distribution showed that the largest percentage of people, 26.4% (14/54), were in the 60+ age group, followed by the 40-49 age group (22.6%) (12/54), and the 30-39 age group (18.9% (10/54).Over 56% of patients had hypertension, making it the most prevalent disease condition. Hematological parameters like HB for patients (n=24) were 10.5±2.5, cardiac parameters like albumin for patients (n=18) were 24.4±13.7, and biochemical parameters like ALT for patients (n=21) were 63.21 ±65. Inflammatory parameters, like CRP (n=12), recorded a mean of 23.5, while coagulation parameters, like D-DIMER, for patients (n=18) were 4.7±8.4.According to the list of comorbidities noted, the kidney, lungs, and liver were the organs most affected in the study.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus COVID-19, Laboratory findings, Prognosis, Korle-Bu.
Citation: Ofei-Palm, C. N. K. et al., (2026). Laboratory Findings in Covid-19 Diagnosed Patients in a Tertiary Hospital in Ghana : A Retrospective Analysis. I J cardio & card diso; 7(1):1-7.
DOI : https://doi.org/10.47485/2998-4513.1054