investigating the association between covid-19 prognosis and demographic and clinical features, underlying diseases, and drug and supplement use in patients hospitalized in zabol, iran: a single-center retrospective study

Backgrounds: the primary goal of this study was to identify the potential association between covid-19 prognosis and demographic and clinical features, underlying diseases, and drug and supplement use in patients admitted to amir al-momenin hospital in zabol.materials & methods: this retrospective study surveyed the electronic health records of 848 covid-19 patients hospitalized in a tertiary referral hospital in southeastern iran from the beginning of the covid-19 outbreak until the end of february 2021. univariate and multiple analytical tests including unconditional and penalized logistic regressions were used for statistical analysis.findings: out of a total of 848 patients, 371 (43.75%) patients were female, and 477 (56.25%) patients were male. age, underlying pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases, and loss of consciousness predicted a higher mortality rate. on the contrary, a negative chest x-ray was associated with a lower risk of death. conclusion: identifying predisposing factors of mortality in covid-19 patients will help physicians provide more intensive care to those at higher risk of death by classifying patients based on risk factors and underlying diseases.