COVID-19 Pozitif Sağlık Çalışanlarının Semptom, Laboratuvar ve Toraks Bilgisayarlı Tomografi Bulgularının Değerlendirilmesi: Rektrospektif Çalışma

Year 2024, Volume: 9 Issue: 1, 11 - 18, 30.01.2024

Emine Apaydın , Zahide Akeren , Aysun Kazak , Çiğdem Kuralay , Sevilay Hintistan

https://doi.org/10.61399/ikcusbfd.1135042

Abstract

Amaç: Araştırma, Türkiye'nin kuzeydoğusunda COVID-19 pozitif sağlık çalışanlarının semptomlarını, laboratuvar ve toraks bilgisayarlı tomografi bulgularını incelemek amacıyla yapılmıştır.
Gereç ve Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı, kesitsel ve retrospektif tasarıma sahip bu araştırmanın örneklemini COVID-19 pozitif olan 146 sağlık profesyoneli oluşturmuştur. Veriler, hastane bilgi yönetim sisteminin elektronik verileri ve sağlık çalışanlarının kişisel sağlık kayıtları kullanılarak toplanmıştır.
Bulgular: COVID-19 pozitif sağlık çalışanlarının %52,7'si hemşire, ebe ve sağlık memuru, %50,6'sının semptomatik, %49,4'ünün asemptomatik olduğu ve semptomatik olanların en fazla öksürük, kas-eklem ağrısı ve yorgunluğu yaşadığı belirlendi. Sağlık çalışanlarının lökosit, nötrofil, lenfosit, trombosit ortalaması, C reaktif protein, D-dimer değerlerinin yüksek olduğu ve %24,1'inin COVID-19 uyumlu toraks bilgisayarlı tomografisi olduğu tespit edildi. Semptomatik sağlık çalışanlarının asemptomatik sağlık çalışanlarına kıyasla lökosit sayısı medyanının daha düşük, C reaktif protein ve prokalsitonin değerleri medyanının daha yüksek olduğu bulundu. COVID-19 uyumlu toraks bilgisayarlı tomografisi olan sağlık çalışanlarının lökosit, medyan ve trombosit değerleri ortalamasının daha düşük, C reaktif protein medyanının daha düşük ve D-dimer medyanının daha yüksek olduğu belirlendi.
Sonuç: Çalışmada sağlık çalışanlarının yarısının semptomatik olduğu ve lökosit, nötrofil, lenfosit, C reaktif protein ve trombosit değerlerinin COVID-19 uyumlu torasik bilgisayarlı tomografi gelişimini etkilediği belirlenmiştir. Sonuçlar, araştırmalar için bilgi tabanı oluşturmak, sağlık çalışanları ve kurum yetkilileri tarafından korunma düzeylerini iyileştirmeye yönelik yöntemleri uygulamak için kullanılabilir.

Keywords

Sağlık çalışanları, SARS-CoV-2, semptomlar, retrospektif, thorax CT

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Evaluation of Symptoms, Laboratory and Thorax Computerized Tomography Findings of COVID-19 Positive Healthcare Professionals: A Retrospective Study

Abstract

Objective: The study was carried out to examine the symptoms and laboratory and thoracic computed tomography findings of COVID-19-positive healthcare professionals in northeastern Turkey.
Material and Method: The sample of this descriptive, cross-sectional, and retrospective study consisted of 146 healthcare professionals who had positive COVID-19. Data were collected using electronic data from the hospital information management system and the personal health records of healthcare professionals.
Results: 50.6% of COVID-19-positive healthcare professionals were symptomatic, 49.4% were asymptomatic, 52.7% of nurses, midwives, and health officers, and those who were symptomatic experienced the most cough, muscle-joint pain, and fatigue. Healthcare workers had a high leukocyte, neutrophil, lymphocyte, platelet mean, C reactive protein, and D-dimer, and 24.1% had COVID-19-compatible thorax computed tomography. Symptomatic healthcare professionals had a lower median of leukocyte and a higher median of C reactive protein and procalcitonin compared to asymptomatic healthcare professionals. Healthcare professionals with COVID-19 compatible thorax computed tomography had a lower leukocyte, median, and platelet mean, lower high C reactive protein median, and higher D-dimer median.
Conclusion: The study found that half of the healthcare professionals are symptomatic, and leukocyte, neutrophil, lymphocyte, C reactive protein, and platelet values affect the development of COVID-19-compatible thoracic computed tomography. The results can be used as a knowledge base for research and by health workers and institutional authorities to implement methods to improve prevention levels.

Keywords

Health workers, SARS-CoV-2, symptoms, retrospective, Thorax CT

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Yok

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