General Characteristics of hospitalized COVID-19 Patients
A total of 1320 patients who were hospitalized between July 2020 and December 2020 were included in the study. All of the patients were hospitalized because of symptoms associated with COVID 19. There were 632 (52.1%) males and 688 (47.9%) females with a median age of 70 (19-98) at the time of hospitalization because of COVID 19 symptoms. The median follow-up time was 7 (range, 1-57) days in hospital for all patients (Figure 1). 1054 patients (79.8%) were followed-up in COVID 19 clinics. 1035 of these patients (78.4%) were discharged from the service after their treatment in the service was finished and recovered. Nineteen of these patients (1.4%) died while being followed in the service. Two-hundred sixty-six patients (20.2%) needed follow-up in intensive care unit at the time of admission or follow-up. Patients who needed intensive care unit during treatment period were referred to the intensive care unit at a median of 3 (0-21) days. Seventy-five of these patients (5.7%) needed an intensive care unit on the day which they admitted to the hospital. Mortality was observed in 270 (20.5%) of all these patients who were hospitalized and followed up. Median time for admission o intensive care unit was 3 (0-21) days for patients who needed intensive care follow-up.