COVID-19 in Iran: Clinical, Therapeutic, and Laboratory Findings Associated with Mortality

Autor: Alireza Sedaghat, Amene Raouf-Rahmati, Katayoun Samadi, Farida Daneshvar Mozaffari, Ahmad Nemati, Benyamin Fazli
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Reviews in Clinical Medicine, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 33-40 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2345-6256
2345-6892
DOI: 10.22038/rcm.2023.71483.1445
Popis: Introduction: Currently, humankind is facing a COVID-19 pandemic that has spread worldwide. This is the first study conducted during the first phase of the COVID-19 outbreak in Mashhad, Iran, to describe the clinical, therapeutic, and laboratory findings of survivor and non-survivor patients with COVID-19.Methods: This retrospective study included a total of 191 confirmed COVID-19 patients aged ≥18 who were admitted to an intensive care unit in the northeast of Iran in 2020. Clinical, therapeutic, and laboratory findings were recruited. The data were analyzed using SPSS software (version 23) through the Mann-Whitney U test, Chi-Square test, independent sample t-test, as well as a single variable and multivariable logistic regression.Results: Out of a total of 191 hospitalized patients, 137 (71.7%) survived and 54 (28.2%) expired. The mean age of non-survived patients was 17 years higher than that of survived patients (P24/min, heart rate>125/min, platelet count 133 μmol/L, LDH >245 U/L, WBC count >10*109/L, lymphocyte count 1 μg/mL were frequently observed in non-survivor patients (P
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