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).