Prevalence of comorbidities and its impacts in Hospitalized patients with COVID-19

Authors

  • Mohammad Ali Khaksar Student Research Committee, Ahvaz Joundishapour University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
  • Elham Zanganeh Yousefabadi Department of Internal Medicine, Jundishapour University of Medical Sciences , Ahvaz, Iran.
  • Reza Taleb Zadeh Student Research Committee, Ahvaz Joundishapour University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
  • Homeira Rashidi Diabetes Research Center, Jundishapour University of Medical Sciences , Ahvaz, Iran.
  • Mahmood Maniati Department of General Courses, School of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
  • Nima Bakhtiari Pain research center, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz , Iran.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22317/jcms.v7i5.1081

Keywords:

comorbidities, COVID-19, Hospitalized patients

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of comorbidities in hospitalized COVID-19 patients and its effects on the severity of the disease. The coronavirus pandemic has been a challenging problem for health care systems since December 2019.

Methods: This was a retrospective, cross-sectional study analyzing data related to the epidemiological characteristics of COVID-19 patients admitted to Razi Hospital in Ahvaz, Iran from   November 2020 to February 2021. The data on patient demographic characteristics including age, gender, and underlying diseases were collected from patient records. Patients whose data were unavailable or incomplete were excluded from the study.

Results: The mean age of all of the 730 patients studied was 56.30±16.36 years, and 53.7% of them were men. Nearly 40% of the patients reported more than one comorbidity, with diabetes mellitus being the most frequent one (37.5%) followed by hypertension (35.3%) and ischemic heart disease (24.9). In addition, 21.5% of the patients required intensive care unit admission. Finally, 11.9% of the patients had respiratory distress and became intubated, and approximately 13.6% of the patients died. Hyperlipidemia, liver failure, tuberculosis, and elevated inflammatory biomarkers are risk factors for ICU admission and death. 

Conclusion: we found that male gender, older age, hyperlipidemia, liver failure, TB, having more than one comorbidity, and elevated inflammatory biomarkers were significantly associated with the risk of severe COVID-19 disease.

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2021-10-26

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Khaksar, M. A., Zanganeh Yousefabadi, E., Taleb Zadeh, R., Rashidi, H., Maniati, M., & Bakhtiari, N. (2021). Prevalence of comorbidities and its impacts in Hospitalized patients with COVID-19. Journal of Contemporary Medical Sciences, 7(5). https://doi.org/10.22317/jcms.v7i5.1081

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Vol. 7 No. 5 (2021): September-October 2021

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