• Rom J Intern Med · Sep 2020

    Clinical and laboratory findings from patients with COVID-19 pneumonia in Babol North of Iran: a retrospective cohort study.

    • Mostafa Javanian, Masomeh Bayani, Mehran Shokri, Mahmoud Sadeghi-Haddad-Zavareh, Arefeh Babazadeh, Babak Yeganeh, Sima Mohseni, Rahele Mehraeen, Mahdi Sepidarkish, Ali Bijani, Ali Rostami, Mehdi Shahbazi, Afrooz Monadi Tabari, Asieh Shabani, Jila Masrour-Roudsari, Amir Hossein Hasanpour, Hossein Emam Gholinejad, Hossein Ghorbani, and Soheil Ebrahimpour.
    • Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, I.R. Iran.
    • Rom J Intern Med. 2020 Sep 1; 58 (3): 161-167.

    BackgroundIn December 2019, China has experienced an outbreak of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Coronavirus has now spread to all of the continents. We aimed to consider clinical characteristics, laboratory data of COVID-19 that provided more information for the research of this novel virus.MethodsWe performed a retrospective cohort study on the clinical symptoms and laboratory findings of a series of the 100 confirmed patients with COVID-19. These patients were admitted to the hospitals affiliated to Babol University of Medical Sciences (Ayatollah Rohani, Shahid Beheshti and Yahyanejad hospitals) form 25 February 2020 to 12 March 2020.ResultsNineteen patients died during hospitalization and 81 were discharged. Non-survivor patients had a significantly higher C-reactive protein (CRP) (MD: 46.37, 95% CI: 20.84, 71.90; P = 0.001), white blood cells (WBCs) (MD: 3.10, 95% CI: 1.53, 4.67; P < 0.001) and lower lymphocyte (MD: -8.75, 95% CI: -12.62, -4.87; P < 0.001) compared to survivor patients Data analysis showed that comorbid conditions (aRR: 2.99, 95% CI: 1.09, 8.21, P = 0.034), higher CRP levels (aRR: 1.02, 95% CI: 1.01, 1.03, P = 0.044), and lower lymphocyte (aRR: 0.82, 95% CI: 0.73, 0.93, P = 0.003) were associated with increased risk of death.ConclusionsBased on our findings, most non-survivors are elderly with comorbidities. Lymphopenia and increased levels of WBCs along with elevated CRP were associated with increased risk of death. Therefore, it is best to be regularly assessed these markers during treatment of COVID-19 patients.

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