Author/Authors :
Shobeiri, Parnian School of Medicine - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Hasibi, Mehrdad Department of Infectious Diseases - Amir‐Alam Hospital - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Abdollahi, Hamed Department of Anesthesiology - Amir Alam Hospital Complexes - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Hajinoori, Mitra Department of Infectious Diseases - Amir‐Alam Hospital - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Taghizadeh, Maryam Department of Surgery - Amir Alam Hospital Complexes - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Moosivand, Maryam Department of Emergency - Amir Alam Hospital Complexes - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Abdolahi, Mina Department of Nutrition - Amir Alam Hospital Complexes - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Asadollahi-Amin, Ali Iranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS - Iranian Institute for Reduction of High-Risk Behaviors - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
After more than one year, the Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19) pandemic is still going on. In this
retrospective study, we reported clinical characteristics of patients who died cause of COVID-19. A
total of 32 (7.6%) deaths were recorded among 422 patients with COVID-19, of which 280 (66.3%)
patients were male and 142 (33.7%) female. Males had a significantly higher death incidence than
females (26/32, 81.25% vs. 6/32, 18.75%, respectively; P-value >0.001). Hypertension (14; 43.8%) and
Diabetes Mellitus (13; 40.6%) were the most common independent comorbidities among patients.
Other risk factors are heart disease, renal disease, chemotherapy, and corticosteroid therapy. Dyspnea
and cough were the most frequent symptom of admission. Increased levels of ESR and creatinine are
significantly associated with mortality. J Microbiol Infect Dis 2021; 11(4):238-240.
Keywords :
COVID-19 , Clinical characteristics , Demographic characteristics , Mortality , Iran
