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.