TY  - JOUR
TI  - Clinical Characteristics and Prognostic Factors of Patients with COVID-19
AB  - Objective: We aimed to determine the main demographic features of COVID-19, reveal the clinical differences to patients in other countries, evaluate severe adverse effects in terms of number and types of comorbidities, and provide information about prognosis possibilities. Materials and Methods: Patients’ records, followed at Sakarya University Hospital between late March 2020 and late April 2020 with a diagnosis of COVID-19, were evaluated for this study. Demographic features were noted retrospectively with records, and data were recorded in the MS Excel program for analysis with SPSS. Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05. Results: The records of 1443 cases, 704 (48.8%) women and 739 (51.2%) men, a mean age of 44.98 ± 18.72, were examined retrospectively. Among them, 9.9% were medical staff, 1.8% had a history of travel abroad, and 1.1% were pregnant. Radiological findings of 59.4% of our polymerase chain reaction (PCR) positive patients were compatible with COVID. The mean length of hospital stay was 4.5 days. Frequent comorbidities were hypertension, diabetes (DM), and ischemic heart disease. Eighty (5.5%) patients treated in intensive care (ICU) died. Conclusion: Based on the data of 1443 patients, the mean length of hospitalization of COVID-19 patients was 4.5 days, or followed up in intensive care, having DM and a long period of hospitalization, which increased mortality risk. None of the outpatients died.
AU  - Aydın, Abdülkadir
AU  - tomak, yakup
AU  - YURUMEZ, YUSUF
AU  - Gündüz, Yasemin
AU  - Cakar, Mehmet Akif
AU  - Aydemir, Yusuf
AU  - YILMAZ, Emel
AU  - Öğütlü, Aziz
AU  - Erdem, Ali Fuat
AU  - Güneysu, Fatih
AU  - Genc, Ahmed Bilal
AU  - YAYLACI, SELÇUK
AU  - dheir, hamad
AU  - Guclu, Ertugrul
AU  - kocayiğit, havva
AU  - ÖZMEN SÜNER, KEZBAN
AU  - Ozturk, Mehmet Halil
AU  - Ekerbiçer, Hasan Çetin
AU  - Karabay, Meltem
AU  - KARABAY, OĞUZ
AU  - toptan, hande
AU  - Koroglu, Mehmet
DO  - 10.31832/smj.982705
PY  - 2022
JO  - Sakarya Tıp Dergisi
VL  - 12
IS  - 4
SN  - 2146-409X
SP  - 624
EP  - 633
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/1160562
ER  -