<b>Objectives</b><br/>
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a novel pandemic. Considerable differences in disease severity and the mortality rate have been observed in different parts of the world. The present study investigated the characteristics and outcomes of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Iran.
<br/><b>Methods</b><br/>
We established a retrospective cohort to study hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Iran. Epidemiological, imaging, laboratory, and clinical characteristics and outcomes were recorded from medical documents. The chi-square test, t-test, and logistic regression models were used to analyze the data. A p<0.05 was considered to indicate statistical significance.
<br/><b>Results</b><br/>
In total, 364 cases (207 males and 157 females) were analyzed. The most common symptoms were cough, fever, and dyspnea. Multifocal bilateral ground-glass opacities with peripheral distribution were the predominant imaging finding. The mean age of patients was 54.28±18.81 years. The mean age of patients who died was 71.50±14.60 years. The mortality rate was 17.6%. The total proportion of patients with a comorbidity was 47.5%, and 84.4% of patients who died had a comorbidity. Sex, history of diabetes mellitus, and dyslipidemia were not significantly associated with mortality (p>0.05). However, mortality showed significant relationships with body mass index; age; history of hypertension, chronic kidney disease (CKD), ischemic heart disease, cerebrovascular accident (CVA), pulmonary disease, and cancer; and abnormal high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) findings (p<0.05 for all). Cancer had the highest odds ratio.
<br/><b>Conclusion</b><br/>
Comorbidities (especially cancer, CKD, and CVA), severe obesity, old age, and abnormal HRCT findings affected the health outcomes of patients hospitalized with COVID-19.
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<b>Objectives</b>
<p>The purpose of this study was to analyze the characteristics and factors affecting the survival of inpatients admitted following a suicide attempt.</p></sec>
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<b>Methods</b>
<p>A total of 3,095 cases retrieved from the Korean National Hospital Discharge In-depth Injury Survey data (from 2011 to 2015) were grouped according to survival and death and analyzed using descriptive statistics chi-square and logistic regression analysis.</p></sec>
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<b>Results</b>
<p>The following factors had statistically significant risks on reducing survival: female (OR = 2.352, <italic>p</italic> < 0.001), 40–59 years old (OR = 0.606, <italic>p</italic> = 0.014), over 60 years old (OR = 0.186, <italic>p</italic> < 0.001), poisoning (OR = 0.474, <italic>p</italic> = 0.009), hanging (OR = 0.031, <italic>p</italic> < 0.001), jumping (OR = 0.144, <italic>p</italic> < 0.001), conflicts with family (OR = 2.851, <italic>p</italic> < 0.001), physical diseases (OR = 1.687, <italic>p</italic> = 0.046), mental health problems (OR = 2.693, <italic>p</italic> < 0.001), financial problems (OR = 3.314, <italic>p</italic> = 0.002), 2014 (OR = 2.498, <italic>p</italic> = < 0.001) and 2015 (OR = 2.942, <italic>p</italic> = 0.005).</p></sec>
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<b>Conclusion</b>
<p>The survival group that had a history of attempted suicide (high-risk suicide group), should be further characterized. It is necessary to identify the suicide methods and risk factors for suicide prevention management policies and to continuously expand the management policy according to these characteristics.</p></sec>
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<b>Objectives</b><br/>
We characterized and assessed public health measures, including intensive vaccination and antiviral treatment, implemented during the 2009 influenza pandemic in the Republic of Korea.<br/><b>Methods</b><br/>
A mathematical model for the 2009 influenza pandemic is formulated. The transmission rate, the vaccination rate, the antiviral treatment rate, and the hospitalized rate are estimated using the least-squares method for the 2009 data of the incidence curves of the infected, vaccinated, treated, and hospitalized.<br/><b>Results</b><br/>
The cumulative number of infected cases has reduced significantly following the implementation of the intensive vaccination and antiviral treatment. In particular, the intensive vaccination was the most critical factor that prevented severe outbreak.<br/><b>Conclusion</b><br/>
We have found that the total infected proportion would increase by approximately six times under the half of vaccination rates.
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