Impact of comorbidities on hospitalised Syrian patients with COVID-19: a retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aims to compare the clinical manifestations, laboratory findings, outcomes and overall survival time of patients with COVID-19 with and without comorbidities.

Design

Retrospective design.

Setting

This study was undertaken at two hospitals in Damascus.

Participants

A total of 515 Syrian patients met the inclusion criterion, laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infection following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Exclusion criteria were suspected and probable cases that were not confirmed with a positive reverse transcription-PCR assay, and patients who self-discharged from the hospital against medical advice.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

First, assess the impacts of comorbidities on COVID-19 infection in four areas

SUBMITTER: Najjar M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10030286 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature