The predictors of COVID-19 mortality in a nationwide cohort of Turkish patients
Retrospective 1,500 hospitalized late stage (median SaO2 87.7) patients in Turkey, showing no significant difference with HCQ treatment.
risk of death, 3.8% higher, RR 1.04, p = 0.97, treatment 62 of 1,382 (4.5%), control 5 of 118 (4.2%), adjusted per study, odds ratio converted to relative risk.
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Kokturk et al., 28 Apr 2021, retrospective, database analysis, Turkey, peer-reviewed, 68 authors.
Abstract: Respiratory Medicine 183 (2021) 106433
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The predictors of COVID-19 mortality in a nationwide cohort of
Turkish patients
Nurdan Kokturk a, *, Cenk Babayigit b, Seval Kul c, Pelin Duru Cetinkaya d, Sibel Atis Nayci e,
Serap Argun Baris f, Oguz Karcioglu g, Pinar Aysert h, Ilim Irmak i, Aycan Akbas Yuksel j,
Yonca Sekibag k, Oya Baydar Toprak l, Emel Azak m, Sait Mulamahmutoglu k,
Caglar Cuhadaroglu n, Aslihan Demirel o, Bugra Kerget p, Burcu Baran Ketencioglu q,
Hasan Selcuk Ozger h, Gulcihan Ozkan r, s, Zeynep Ture t, Begum Ergan u, Vildan Avkan Oguz v,
Oguz Kilinc u, Merve Ercelik w, Tansu Ulukavak Ciftci a, Ozlem Alici x, Esra Nurlu Temel y,
Ozlem Ataoglu w, Asena Aydin z, Dilek Cetiner Bahcetepe z, Yusuf Taha Gullu aa, Fusun Fakili ab,
Figen Deveci ac, Neslihan Kose ad, Muge Meltem Tor ae, Gulsah Gunluoglu af, Sedat Altin af,
Teyfik Turgut ac, Tibel Tuna aa, Onder Ozturk ag, Oner Dikensoy ah, Pinar Yildiz Gulhan w,
Ilknur Basyigit f, Hasim Boyaci f, I. Kivilcim Oguzulgen a, Sermin Borekci k, Bilun Gemicioglu k,
Firat Bayraktar ai, Osman Elbek aj, Ismail Hanta l, Hacer Kuzu Okur n, Gulseren Sagcan n,
Oguz Uzun aa, Metin Akgun p, Goksel Altinisik ak, Berna Dursun al, Ebru Cakir Edis am,
Erkmen Gulhan an, Fusun Oner Eyuboglu ao, Okkes Gultekin ap, Yavuz Havlucu ap, Metin Ozkan al,
Aysin Sakar Coskun ap, Abdullah Sayiner aq, Ali Fuat Kalyoncu i, Oya Itil u, Hasan Bayram ar
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Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Turkey
Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey
d
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Adana City Training and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey
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Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey
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Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey
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Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Halil Sıvgın Cubuk State Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Department of Infectious Disease, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
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Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
j
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ufuk University, Ankara, Turkey
k
Department of Pulmonary Disease, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey
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Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey
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Department of Infectious Disease and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli Turkey
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Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Altunizade Acibadem Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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Department of Infectious Disease, Kadikoy Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey
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Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Maslak Acibadem Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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Operating Room Services Department, Nisantasi University, Vocational School, Istanbul, Turkey
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Department of Infectious Disease and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Faculty of..
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