Evaluation of clinical outcomes of patients with mild symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) discharged from the emergency department.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study was performed to determine the clinical outcomes of patients with mild symptoms of COVID-19 discharged from the emergency department.

Methods

The present descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study was performed on 400 patients discharged with a diagnosis of COVID-19 from the emergency departments of hospitals affiliated to Tabriz University of Medical Sciences in the time period of 21 March-21 June, 2020. The disease characteristics and demographic data were collected by phone calls during the first, third, and fourth weeks using a researcher-made questionnaire. Finally, the data were analyzed by univariate logistic regression and cross-tabulation using the IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, version 20.

Results

In the first week of follow-up, 2

SUBMITTER: Bagi HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8530279 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature