2020
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3605175
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Prevalence and Mortality Due to Outbreak of Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in β-Thalassemias: The Nationwide Iranian Experience

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“…Up to 7 th June 2020, the impact of COVID-19 in thalassaemic or SCD patients had only been preliminarily evaluated in different countries. 3 – 9 , 15 …”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Up to 7 th June 2020, the impact of COVID-19 in thalassaemic or SCD patients had only been preliminarily evaluated in different countries. 3 – 9 , 15 …”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Among this group of patients, six required hospital admission and none died [73]. Another retrospective analysis of Iranian patients with thalassemia with confirmed (15 patients) and suspected (8 patients) SARS-CoV-2 infections reported higher rates of mortality (26.1%), when compared to experience in the Italian series and the general population in Iran [74]. Patients with NTDT were at higher risk of death compared to patients with TDT [74].…”
Section: Special Considerations During the Covid-19 Pandemicmentioning
confidence: 80%
“…Another retrospective analysis of Iranian patients with thalassemia with confirmed (15 patients) and suspected (8 patients) SARS-CoV-2 infections reported higher rates of mortality (26.1%), when compared to experience in the Italian series and the general population in Iran [74]. Patients with NTDT were at higher risk of death compared to patients with TDT [74]. Diabetes, heart disease, and pulmonary hypertension were significantly associated with mortality [74].…”
Section: Special Considerations During the Covid-19 Pandemicmentioning
confidence: 95%
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“…Recently a multicentric Iranian experience of 18350 Beta-thalassemic patients (only fifteen confirmed cases) reported mild to moderate disease of COVID- 19. 15 …”
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confidence: 99%