The rate of postoperative infection is no different between patients exposed to and those unexposed to tumor necrosis factor inhibitors in the 12 weeks before surgery.
4 but in severe illness, usually dyspnoea is the most common symptom often accompanied by hypoxemia.
4 Mortality rates depend on patients who have severe respiratory failure related to interstitial pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome,
5 but higher mortality is found in association with older age, male sex, pre-existing cardiovascular diseases, uncontrolled diabetes, hypertension, asthma, chronic lung disease, and d-dimer greater than 1 μg/mL at admission.
6 Length of hospital stay due to the COVID-19 depends on patients’ clinical situation, however, it also depends on local guidelines in the institution or local health authority and the capacity of hospitals.
COVID-19 pandemic is a major strain on health and economic systems, and the demand for inpatients’ facilities is increasing with the increase in the number of infected cases.