Haemoglobin and red cell distribution width levels in internal medicine patients indicate recurrent hospital admission during COVID-19

Atak Tel BM, Kahveci G, Bilgin S, et al. Haemoglobin and red cell distribution width levels in internal medicine patients indicate recurrent hospital admission during COVID-19. Family Medicine & Primary Care Review. 2022;24(1):32-36. doi:10.5114/fmpcr.2022.113011.

APA

Atak Tel, B. M., Kahveci, G., Bilgin, S., Kurtkulagi, O., Taslamacioglu Duman, T.,  & Demirkol, M. E. et al. (2022). Haemoglobin and red cell distribution width levels in internal medicine patients indicate recurrent hospital admission during COVID-19. Family Medicine & Primary Care Review, 24(1), 32-36. https://doi.org/10.5114/fmpcr.2022.113011

Chicago

Atak Tel, Burcin M, Gizem Kahveci, Satilmis Bilgin, Ozge Kurtkulagi, Tuba Taslamacioglu Duman, Muhammed E Demirkol,  and Gulali Aktas. 2022. "Haemoglobin and red cell distribution width levels in internal medicine patients indicate recurrent hospital admission during COVID-19". Family Medicine & Primary Care Review 24 (1): 32-36. doi:10.5114/fmpcr.2022.113011.

Harvard

Atak Tel, B., Kahveci, G., Bilgin, S., Kurtkulagi, O., Taslamacioglu Duman, T., Demirkol, M.,  and Aktas, G. (2022). Haemoglobin and red cell distribution width levels in internal medicine patients indicate recurrent hospital admission during COVID-19. Family Medicine & Primary Care Review, 24(1), pp.32-36. https://doi.org/10.5114/fmpcr.2022.113011

MLA

Atak Tel, Burcin et al. "Haemoglobin and red cell distribution width levels in internal medicine patients indicate recurrent hospital admission during COVID-19." Family Medicine & Primary Care Review, vol. 24, no. 1, 2022, pp. 32-36. doi:10.5114/fmpcr.2022.113011.

Vancouver

Atak Tel B, Kahveci G, Bilgin S, Kurtkulagi O, Taslamacioglu Duman T, Demirkol M et al. Haemoglobin and red cell distribution width levels in internal medicine patients indicate recurrent hospital admission during COVID-19. Family Medicine & Primary Care Review. 2022;24(1):32-36. doi:10.5114/fmpcr.2022.113011.

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Background
The novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has caused significant change in the daily life of humans, as well as in access to medical care.

Objectives
We aimed to compare the general characteristics, medical diagnoses and laboratory data of patients referred to the outpatient internal medicine clinics of our institution and to observe relevant factors that correlate with the number of hospital admissions in this population.

Material and methods
Patients who visited our outpatient clinics of internal medicine between March 2020 and June 2020 were enrolled. Age, gender, medical diagnoses, number of admissions, cause of admission and laboratory parameters on first admission were recorded. Patients who visited outpatient clinics only once were grouped as group I, and patients admitted more than once were grouped as group II. General characteristics and laboratory data of groups I and II were compared.

Results
Patients with cancer were more common in group II compared to group I (p < 000.1). Haemoglobin (Hb) (p = 0.001) was significantly lower, and red cell distribution width (RDW) (p = 0.007) was significantly higher in group II compared to group I. RDW was positively (r = 0.23, p < 0.001) correlated, and Hb inversely (r = -0.19, p < 0.001) correlated, with the number of hospital admissions in the study population.

Conclusions
We think that decreased Hb and increased RDW values in patients during the pandemic should alert physicians for possible recurrent hospital admissions in the near future and may promote taking measures to reduce multiple medical admissions.

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Haemoglobin and red cell distribution width levels in internal medicine patients indicate recurrent hospital admission during COVID-19

Burcin Meryem Atak Tel 1 , Gizem Kahveci 1 , Satilmis Bilgin 1 , Ozge Kurtkulagi 1 , Tuba Taslamacioglu Duman 1 , Muhammed Emin Demirkol 1 , Gulali Aktas 1

COVID-19, red cell distribution width, hemoglobin, internal medicine

Burcin Meryem Atak Tel

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Gizem Kahveci

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Satilmis Bilgin

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Ozge Kurtkulagi

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Tuba Taslamacioglu Duman

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Muhammed Emin Demirkol

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Gulali Aktas

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