The factors predicting pneumonia in COVID-19 patients: preliminary results from a university hospital in Turkey
Hasan Selçuk ÖzgerPınar Aysert-YıldızÜmmügülsüm GaygısızAsiye Ugras DikmenZehra DemirbasMehmet YildizTuğba Yanık-YalçınKenan HizelÖzlem Güzel TunçcanKayhan CağlarGulendam BozdayiNurdan KokturkTansu Ulukavak ÇiftçiŞahender Gülbin Aygencel BıkmazMelda TurkogluMüge AydoğduLale KarabıyıkAbdurrahman TufanGonca ErbaşHüseyin Koray KılıçAyfer KeleşFikret Bildikİsa KılıçaslanMehmet Akif KaramercanMehmet Ali AslanerAhmet DemircanMustafa KavutçuÖzlem GülbaharMehmet ArhanHasan BostancıHakan TutarNazlıhan Boyacı DündarIpek Kivilcim OğuzülgenMurat DizbayPublished in: Turkish journal of medical sciences (2020)
Shortness of breath, male sex, and hypertension were significant for predicting COVID-19 pneumonia on admission. Patients with these factors should be evaluated more carefully for diagnostic procedures, such as thorax CT.