Comparative Study of Clinical Symptoms and Paraclinical Findings of  COVID-19 Patients Hospitalized in Yasuj City According to RT-PCR Test Results

Zaker  Saeidinezhad; Farzad  Mazloomirad; Anahid  Puzesh; Mohammad Amin  Ghatee; Nader  Dabiri

doi:10.18502/jzms.v6i2.13809

Zaker Saeidinezhad Assistant Professor, Department of Infectious, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran
Farzad Mazloomirad MSc, Student Research Committee, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran
Anahid Puzesh PhD Candidate, Student Research Committee, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran
Mohammad Amin Ghatee Associate Professor, Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran
Nader Dabiri Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18502/jzms.v6i2.13809

Keywords: COVID-19, Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction

Abstract

Background: COVID-19 is considered the most dangerous virus of the coronavirus family. COVID-19 is detected by RT-PCR from nasal and oropharyngeal swab samples. The present study was conducted to compare the clinical, paraclinical, and demographic characteristics of COVID-19 patients admitted to Shahid Jalil Hospital in Yasuj City in two RT-PCR+ and RT-PCR- groups.

Methods: The present study is a retrospective descriptive study. Which was done by reviewing the files of 330 patients by random sampling method.

Results: There was no significant difference between RT-PCR+ and RT-PCR- groups in most of the demographic characteristics, including age and gender. A significant correlation was observed between the RT-PCR test result and the clinical symptoms of fever, headache, impaired sense of smell, impaired sense of taste, nightmares, and heaviness in the chest (p value < 0.05). A statistically significant relationship between RT-PCR results and the number of neutrophils, BUN, and platelets was observed (p value < 0.05).

Conclusion: With the help of some clinical symptoms such as loss of sense of taste, smell, and fever, it can be used to diagnose COVID-19 disease in the early stages of the disease when the patient's RT-PCR test is negative due to low viral load.