title: High survival rates and associated factors among ebola virus disease patients hospitalized at donka national hospital, conakry, Guinea.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Anecdotal reports suggesting that survival rates among hospitalized patients with Ebola virus disease in Guinea are higher than the 29.2% rate observed in the current epidemic in West Africa.
  
  
  METHODS
  Survival after symptom onset was determined using Kaplan Meier survival methods among patients with confirmed Ebola virus disease treated in Conakry, Guinea from March 25, 2014, to August 5, 2014. We analyzed the relationship between survival and patient factors, including demographics and clinical features.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 70 patients analyzed [mean age ± standard deviation (SD), 34 ± 14.1; 44 were men], 42 were discharged alive with a survival rate among hospitalized patients of 60% (95% confidence interval, 41.5-78.5%). The survival rate was 28 (71.8%) among 39 patients under 34 years of age, and 14 (46.7%) among 30 patients aged 35 years or greater (p = 0.034). The rates of myalgia (3 of 42 versus 7 of 28, p = 0.036) and hiccups (1 of 42 versus 5 of 28, p = 0.023) were significantly lower among patients who survived.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results provide insights into a cohort of hospitalized patients with Ebola virus disease in whom survival is prominently higher than seen in other cohorts of hospitalized patients.
authors.affiliation: Zeenat Qureshi Stroke Institute, St. Cloud Minnesota;
authors.forename: Adnan I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Qureshi
authors.affiliation: Zeenat Qureshi Stroke Institute, St. Cloud Minnesota;
authors.forename: Morad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chughtai
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Donka National Hospital, Conakry, Guinea;
authors.forename: Elhadj Ibrahima
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Bah
authors.affiliation: Chief, Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases and Head of Victims of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Donka National Hospital, Conakry, Guinea;
authors.forename: Moumié
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barry
authors.affiliation: Chief Medical Officer, Department of Neurosurgery, Donka National Hospital, Conakry, Guinea and National Program to Combat Trauma and Violence in Guinea, Ministry of Health and WHO, Guinea;
authors.forename: Kézély
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Béavogui
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Donka National Hospital, Conakry, Guinea.
authors.forename: Tokpagnan Oscar
authors.initials: TO
authors.lastname: Loua
authors.affiliation: Zeenat Qureshi Stroke Institute, St. Cloud Minnesota;
authors.forename: Ahmed A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Malik