Clinical characteristics of outpatients and inpatients with COVID-19 in Bushehr: A report from the south of Iran

Keshavarz, M and Mousavi, M.J and Vahdat, K and Mahmudpour, M and Nabipour, I and Darabi, A and Keshmiri, S and Tavakoli, A and Zanganeh, S (2021) Clinical characteristics of outpatients and inpatients with COVID-19 in Bushehr: A report from the south of Iran. Future Virology, 16 (2). pp. 99-106. ISSN 17460794

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Abstract

Aim: To investigate clinical, laboratory and imaging features of COVID-19 patients in Bushehr, a southern province of Iran. Materials & methods: A total of 148 COVID-19 patients were enrolled. The patients were categorized into four groups including inpatients, outpatients, elderly and nonelderly. Clinical, laboratory and computed tomography characteristics were analyzed and compared. Results: Levels of erythrocyte sedimentation rate, CRP, lactate dehydrogenase and aspartate aminotransferas among inpatients were higher than outpatients. There were significant differences in the levels of creatinine and blood urine nitrogen between elderly and nonelderly patients. The incidence of ground-glass opacities in inpatients was significantly higher than in outpatients. Conclusion: COVID-19 is associated with more severe renal failure in elderly patients. Elderly patients with underlying conditions are at increased risk of severe progression of COVID-19.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	W General Medicine , Health professions
Divisions:	Research Center > The Persian Gulf Tropical Medicine Research Center
Depositing User:	خدیجه شبانکاره
Date Deposited:	04 Jul 2021 08:12
Last Modified:	04 Jul 2021 08:12
URI:	http://eprints.bpums.ac.ir/id/eprint/9358

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