Corona virus disease has been a pandemic since its beginning. The problem has scaled to break health care system of multiple countries. One of the prime strategy of preventing this disease has been large mass scale vaccination campaign ongoing worldwide. No vaccine has been proven to 100 percent effective in preventing the infection with coronavirus disease so far. The investigators are conducting a study comparing outcome among vaccinated and unvaccinated population admitted to critical care unit of civil services hospital, Kathmandu , Nepal .
Coronavirus disease has been a pandemic since its beginning. The problem has scaled up and health care system of multiple countries have reached to a breaking point . One of the prime strategy of preventing this disease has been large mass scale vaccination campaign ongoing worldwide. No vaccine has been proven to 100 percent effective in preventing the infection with coronavirus disease so far. The investigators are conducting a study comparing difference in outcome with regard to mortality and length of critical care unit stay among vaccinated and unvaccinated population admitted to critical care unit of civil services hospital , Kathmandu , Nepal. Since different groups of population received different vaccine according to age profession and other factors investigators are trying to study the effectiveness of vaccine with regards to type of vaccine.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
200
patients who have received vaccine against coronavirus disease infection
Mortality
the primary outcome to be measured will be difference in mortality among two groups (vaccinated and unvaccinated) of coronavirus infected patients admitted in critical care unit
Time frame: within 12 weeks from the date of critical care unit admission
length of icu stay
difference in length of stay between vaccinated and unvaccinated population admitted to critical care unit after being infected with coronavirus disease
Time frame: with 12 weeks from the date of critical care unit admission
difference in mortality due to associated co-morbidity
difference in mortality due to associated co-morbidity will be compared among both the group (vaccinated and unvaccinated)
Time frame: within 24 weeks form the date of critical care unit admission
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