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● Fever, fatigue, cough, anorexia, myalgia, dyspnea, oliguria, taste impairment, and smell deficiency were among the most frequent symptoms in the studied patients.
● Hypertension and diabetes were the most prevalent comorbidities in the explored patients.
● Respecting lung CT scan, 42.7% of the studied patients had ≥5 involved lobes.
● There was a significant relationship between the location of lung lesions and the patient’s need for suction.
● Fifteen percent of the patients were hospitalized in the ICU, 84% were discharged, and 8.07% died.
● There was a significant difference between the average Creatinine (Cr) level of the patients who survived and those who died (P<0.05).
Plain Language Summary
The current study assessed the demographic characteristics, clinical signs, and symptoms, as well as radiological features of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in Markazi Province, Iran. With the collected information, a better view of the care and treatment of this disease was provided. The present study results suggested that men were more likely to be infected than women; however, there was no association between gender and the odds of COVID-19 infection. Fever, fatigue, cough, anorexia, myalgia, dyspnea, oliguria, taste impairment, and smell damage were the most common symptoms in the studied patients. Hypertension and diabetes were the most prevalent concurrent diseases in the explored patients. In addition to respiratory symptoms, attention to gastrointestinal and neurological disorders is essential for the diagnosis and treatment of this disease.