ABSTRACT
Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine the epidemiological, demographic, clinical and paraclinical indicators of suspected, probable and infected cases of covid-19 referred to Imam Reza Hospital (AS) in 2018-2019. Method(s): This cross-sectional study was conducted using patient information between 2018 and 2019 at Imam Reza Hospital. The method of collecting information in this study was by means of a checklist. Patient information was collected through the files of suspected, probable, and infected patients with Covid-19 who were admitted to Imam Reza Hospital during the implementation of this study in 2018-2019. This checklist included the demographic information of the patients including age, gender, underlying disease, patient symptoms, laboratory findings, hospitalization information, prescription drugs, and the status of the patients at discharge (survivor or deceased). Result(s): A total of 305 patients with an average age of 58.03 +/- 17.40 years were included in the study. 126 patients (41.3%) were positive for covid. The most common clinical symptoms were shortness of breath in 182 patients (59.7%), cough in 178 patients (58.4%) and fever in 177 patients (58%), respectively. The most common underlying diseases were high blood pressure (39.0%) and diabetes (33.4%). The amount of WBC (p=0.018), potassium (P=0.037), urea (P=0.001), CRP (P=0.001), PT (P=0.001) and INR (P=0.001) were significantly higher in deceased patients than in surviving patients. However, the amount of platelets (P=0.047), pH (P=0.001) and HCO3 (P=0.017) in the deceased group was significantly lower than the living group. . In the discussion of hospital data, the duration of intubation (P<0.001), the duration of hospitalization (P=0.036), the duration of hospitalization in the ward (P=0.005) and the duration of hospitalization In ICU (P<0.001), it was significantly higher in patients who died than in those who survived. Conclusion(s): Covid patients usually present with fever, shortness of breath and cough;Among the cases of disease, diabetic and hypertensive patients made up a major part, which shows the susceptibility of this group to the disease. However, only the presence of cardiovascular diseases was associated with higher mortality. Copyright © 2022 Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications. All rights reserved.