Outcome of noncritical COVID-19 patients with early hospitalization and early antiviral treatment outside the ICU
Nursel Calik BasaranOğuz Abdullah UyaroğluGülçin Telli DizmanLale ÖzışıkTaha Koray SahinZahit TasAhmet Çagkan InkayaSevilay KarahanŞehnaz AlpAlpaslan AlpGokhan MetanPınar ZarakolGulay Sain GuvenŞerife Gül ÖzArzu TopeliÖmrüm UzunMurat AkovaSerhat UnalPublished in: Turkish journal of medical sciences (2021)
In our series, 174 patients were admitted to the hospital wards for COVID-19, 69% were confirmed with PCR and/or antibody test. At the time of admission, nearly one fifth of the patients had severe diseases. Of the patients, 95.4% received hydroxychloroquine alone or in combination. The overall case fatality rate was 2.2%.