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Coronavirus has affected many people around the world and caused an increase in the number of hospitalized patients and deaths. The prediction factors may assist the clinician in identifying patients who are at high risk of complications and require further medical attention. We aimed to study the possible relationship between C reactive protein level and the severity of symptoms and its effect on the prognosis of the disease. And determine patients who require closer respiratory monitoring and more aggressive supportive therapies to avoid poor prognosis. The data was gathered using medical record data, the patient's medical history, and the onset of symptoms, as well as a blood sample to test the C-reactive protein level. The patients were divided into three groups based on the severity of the disease. A descriptive, prospective observational study of 246 patients over the age of 18 years discovered that c-reactive protein levels were significantly higher in more severe cases than in mild cases, and that older patients with high levels of AST, TSB, Urea, Creatinine, and CRP were associated with the need for a high flow of oxygen, an intensive care unit, a longer length of hospitalization, and have a high mortality rate. The study concluded several predictor factors for the disease (COVID-19) severity, duration of hospitalization, ICU admission and need for oxygen therapy.Copyright © 2022 Authors. All rights reserved.
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Corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a flu-like infection caused by a novel virus known as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Severe cases of COVID 19 may lead to organ failure and even death. The aims of this study are highlighting the management protocols and the supportive therapy (especially vitamin D), and manifesting the severity of the clinical symptoms of patients in Iraq. A retrospective cross sectional study was conducted among 200 patients and their descriptive parameters for data were calculated to analyze the results. The mean age was 42.56+/-17.49 years and the majority of patients had mild to moderate symptoms (78%). There were many different pharmacological treatment regimens and different doses and durations of vitamin D. In conclusion, non-specific treatment protocols were used without compliance to the national guidelines for the treatment of COVID-19 patients in Iraq, and a wide range of pharmaceutical agents was administered without monitoring their safety and efficacy. Vitamin D was administered in different doses and durations without depending on the basal serum concentration.Copyright © 2022 University of Baghdad - College of Pharmacy. All rights reserved.
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Drug consultation is an important part of pharmaceutical care. a mobile phone call or text message can serve as an easy, effective, and implementable alternative to improving medication adherence and clinical outcomes by providing the information needed significantly for people with chronic illnesses like diabetes and hypertension particularly during pandemics like the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to estimate the use of phone calls to promote pharmaceutical counseling and explore the commonest question asked by patients and do the socio-demographic or disease characteristics play any role regarding such questions. A prospective, interventional, clinical study was conducted during the period (from 5th of November 2020 to 21st of February 2021). A total of 246 patients were enrolled in the study. The mean age was 40.93 years (±15.84). The majority were female (62.6%) and age group (35-54) years (44.3%). A total of 507 questions were asked by patients, The researcher provided pharmaceutical consultations in response to 47 % of the question. There were significant associations between socio-demographic characteristics and some of the domains. In conclusion, sociodemographic characteristics influence the type of question asked by patients. Most of the patients got educational advice and some of them were referred to physicians.