Epidemiological and clinical risk factors related to severe COVID-19 in Iran: a multi-center study.
Seyed Mohammad Hashemi-ShahriSeyed Mohammad Nasiraldin TabatabaeiAlireza Ansari-MoghaddamMahdi MohammadiHassan Okati-AliabadSeyed Mehdi TabatabaeiHossein AnsariMohammadhadi AbbasiKhodadad SheikhzadehMehdi Zanganeh BaygiMajid SartipiSharareh Sanei-SistaniAli Reza Salimi KhorashadFatemeh Ansari-MoghadamNeda TorabTahereh KhaliliGhasem Miri-AliabadPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2022)
COVID-19 was more severe in older patients, patients with a history of substance abuse, and patients with the underlying disease. Understanding the factors affecting the disease severity can help the clinical management of COVID-19, especially in less privileged areas where fewer resources are available.