Document Type : Original Research Article

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1 Infectious Diseases Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

2 Department of Internal Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

3 Infectious Diseases Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi Hospital, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

4 Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

5 Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

6 MD, Nano-Biotech Foresight Company Biotechnology Campus, Yazd Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Institute, Yazd, Iran

10.22034/HBB.2022.11

Abstract

Covid-19 patients have coagulation complications resulting in poor prognosis. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the prevalence of coagulation disorders in patients with Covid-19 admitted to Shahid Sadoughi Hospital in Yazd. This study was a cross-sectional study that all patients admitted with a diagnosis of Covid-19 from the beginning of February 2020 to the end of April 2020 were examined for the frequency of coagulation dysfunctions. A total of 441 patients with Covid-19 were included in the study with a mean age of 55.4 years that 47.8 %, 25.6 % and 6.8 % had impaired Prothrombin Time (PT), Partial Thromboplastin Time (PTT) and International Normalized Ratio (INR), respectively.

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