Department of Public Health, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
Research Article
Evaluation of Hematological Parameters of COVID-19 Positive Cases Followed in a Tertiary Education and Research Hospital: A Single-Center Study
Author(s): Eren Guzeloglu*, Emre Akkelle, Nuran Basoglu, Sila Yilmaz, Aysun Boga and Sirin Guven
Introduction and aim: The COVID-19 pandemic or Coronavirus pandemic is a virus outbreak that emerged on November 17, 2019 in Wuhan, the capital of the Hubei region of China. A new Coronavirus, called SARS-CoV-2, was diagnosed after several patients developed pneumonia that developed without a specific cause and did not respond to treatment and vaccines. It was recognized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11/03/2020. In our study, it was aimed to retrospectively evaluate the hematological parameters of the cases that we followed in a tertiary education and research hospital pediatric health and diseases clinic.
Materials and methods: COVID-19 positive cases followed between 11/03/2020-01/06/2020 in the pediatric health and diseases clinic of our hospital were determined retrospectively. Symptoms, physical examination fin.. View More»