فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

AbstractBackground: Different types of coronaviruses, such as Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), severe acute respiratory syndrome(SARS), and COVID-19, cause different symptoms in individuals based on their clinical and demographic signatures, leading toeither alleviation or exaggeration of the disease according to patients’ characteristics. This cross-sectional study aimed to investigatethe demographic and clinical characteristics of COVID-19 patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of Afzalipur hospitalof Kerman.Methods: This was a retrospective cross-sectional study in which we reviewed the medical files of COVID-19 patients admitted tothe ICU of Afzalipur hospital, Kerman City, in 2019.Results: Out of a total of 143 COVID-19 patients, 87 (60.8%) were men, and the mean ± standard deviation of the age of thepatients was 56.9 ± 22.7 years. The most common symptoms were dyspnea (81.1% n = 116), fatigue (53.8%, n = 77), and dry cough(44.8%, n = 64). Lacrimation and pleuritic pain were observed in 3.5% (n = 5) of the patients.Conclusion: Dyspnea and fatigue were the most common symptoms in COVID-19 patients at the beginning of the pandemic. Also,due to the relatively high mortality rate in our patients compared to other studies, there is a need for appropriate planning to copewith similar situations in the future.