Clinical characteristics and risk factors for mortality of hospitalized cancer patients with COVID-2019 in Mecca, Saudi Arabia

CONCLUSION: Hospitalized cancer patients with COVID-19 have a high mortality rate. Our study finds a correlation between multiple independent risk factors and mortality. Patients with dyspnea, leukocytosis, systemic steroid use, or secondary bacterial infection require more care, attention, and possibly more aggressive treatment.

Source: Annals of Thoracic Medicine - October 7, 2022 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Nabil Ghaleb Adeeb Bulkhi Eid Al-Qurashi Abdelfattah Touman Ahmad Aldobyany Rajaa Z Alsaggaf Hanan Mabar Noureen H Murtaza Ammar Rajab Source Type: research