Understanding the clinical and demographic characteristics of second coronavirus spike in 192 patients in Tehran, Iran: A retrospective study.

During the last months of the coronavirus pandemic, with all those public restrictions and health interventions, the transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) appears now to have been raised in some countries around the world. Iran was one of those first countries...

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Autores principales: Hamid Zaferani Arani, Giti Dehghan Manshadi, Hesam Adin Atashi, Aida Rezaei Nejad, Seyyed Mojtaba Ghorani, Soheila Abolghasemi, Maryam Bahrani, Homayoon Khaledian, Pantea Bozorg Savodji, Mohammad Hoseinian, Atefe Kazemzade Bejandi, Shahla Abolghasemi
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:b24efb6c2dd3467bb21e9b749dd0aeb82021-12-02T20:18:56ZUnderstanding the clinical and demographic characteristics of second coronavirus spike in 192 patients in Tehran, Iran: A retrospective study.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0246314https://doaj.org/article/b24efb6c2dd3467bb21e9b749dd0aeb82021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246314https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203During the last months of the coronavirus pandemic, with all those public restrictions and health interventions, the transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) appears now to have been raised in some countries around the world. Iran was one of those first countries facing the second wave of coronavirus, due to the lack of appropriate public restrictions because of economic problems the country is facing. The clinical and demographic characteristics of severe cases and non-severe cases of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in 192 patients in Tehran, Iran, between June 16 and July 11, 2020, were investigated. The patients were divided into severe cases (n = 82) and non-severe cases (n = 110). Demographic and clinical characteristics were compared between the two study clusters. The mean age was 54.6 ± 17.2 years, and the most common presenting symptom was persistent cough (81.8%) and fever (79.7%). The logistic regression model revealed that age, BMI, and affected family members were statistically associated with severity. Patients with complicated conditions of disorders faced more hospitalization days and medical care than the average statistical data. As the coronavirus spike in the case and death reports from June 2020, we observed the rise in the incidence of severe cases, where 42.7% (82/192) of cases have resulted in severe conditions. Our findings also suggested that the effect of IFB (Betamethasone) was more valid than the other alternative drugs such as LPV/r and IVIg.Hamid Zaferani AraniGiti Dehghan ManshadiHesam Adin AtashiAida Rezaei NejadSeyyed Mojtaba GhoraniSoheila AbolghasemiMaryam BahraniHomayoon KhaledianPantea Bozorg SavodjiMohammad HoseinianAtefe Kazemzade BejandiShahla AbolghasemiPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 3, p e0246314 (2021)
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Hamid Zaferani Arani
Giti Dehghan Manshadi
Hesam Adin Atashi
Aida Rezaei Nejad
Seyyed Mojtaba Ghorani
Soheila Abolghasemi
Maryam Bahrani
Homayoon Khaledian
Pantea Bozorg Savodji
Mohammad Hoseinian
Atefe Kazemzade Bejandi
Shahla Abolghasemi
Understanding the clinical and demographic characteristics of second coronavirus spike in 192 patients in Tehran, Iran: A retrospective study.
description During the last months of the coronavirus pandemic, with all those public restrictions and health interventions, the transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) appears now to have been raised in some countries around the world. Iran was one of those first countries facing the second wave of coronavirus, due to the lack of appropriate public restrictions because of economic problems the country is facing. The clinical and demographic characteristics of severe cases and non-severe cases of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in 192 patients in Tehran, Iran, between June 16 and July 11, 2020, were investigated. The patients were divided into severe cases (n = 82) and non-severe cases (n = 110). Demographic and clinical characteristics were compared between the two study clusters. The mean age was 54.6 ± 17.2 years, and the most common presenting symptom was persistent cough (81.8%) and fever (79.7%). The logistic regression model revealed that age, BMI, and affected family members were statistically associated with severity. Patients with complicated conditions of disorders faced more hospitalization days and medical care than the average statistical data. As the coronavirus spike in the case and death reports from June 2020, we observed the rise in the incidence of severe cases, where 42.7% (82/192) of cases have resulted in severe conditions. Our findings also suggested that the effect of IFB (Betamethasone) was more valid than the other alternative drugs such as LPV/r and IVIg.
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author Hamid Zaferani Arani
Giti Dehghan Manshadi
Hesam Adin Atashi
Aida Rezaei Nejad
Seyyed Mojtaba Ghorani
Soheila Abolghasemi
Maryam Bahrani
Homayoon Khaledian
Pantea Bozorg Savodji
Mohammad Hoseinian
Atefe Kazemzade Bejandi
Shahla Abolghasemi
author_facet Hamid Zaferani Arani
Giti Dehghan Manshadi
Hesam Adin Atashi
Aida Rezaei Nejad
Seyyed Mojtaba Ghorani
Soheila Abolghasemi
Maryam Bahrani
Homayoon Khaledian
Pantea Bozorg Savodji
Mohammad Hoseinian
Atefe Kazemzade Bejandi
Shahla Abolghasemi
author_sort Hamid Zaferani Arani
title Understanding the clinical and demographic characteristics of second coronavirus spike in 192 patients in Tehran, Iran: A retrospective study.
title_short Understanding the clinical and demographic characteristics of second coronavirus spike in 192 patients in Tehran, Iran: A retrospective study.
title_full Understanding the clinical and demographic characteristics of second coronavirus spike in 192 patients in Tehran, Iran: A retrospective study.
title_fullStr Understanding the clinical and demographic characteristics of second coronavirus spike in 192 patients in Tehran, Iran: A retrospective study.
title_full_unstemmed Understanding the clinical and demographic characteristics of second coronavirus spike in 192 patients in Tehran, Iran: A retrospective study.
title_sort understanding the clinical and demographic characteristics of second coronavirus spike in 192 patients in tehran, iran: a retrospective study.
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