MATERIALS-METHODS
Three hundred fifteen patients who were diagnosed with COVID- 19 and
applied to the chest diseases outpatient clinic between May 2020 and
August 2020 for control in the 1st month were included in the study.
Patient informations were collected from the hospital information system
and the e-pulse system. Patients’ general characteristics (age, gender,
history of smoking, treatment regimen, additional diseases), initial
symptoms and ongoing symptoms within the first month, radiological
characteristics, laboratory parameters (hemogram values, inflammatory
markers, d-dimer) and hospitalization status were reported.
The approval for the study was obtained from the Medical Specialty
Education Board of our hospital (689-27/8/2020).