Clinical Characteristics of Outpatients and Inpatients With COVID-19 in Bushehr: A Report From the South of Iran

  1. Mohsen Keshavarz
  2. Ahmad Tavakoli
  3. Sareh Zanganeh
  4. Mohammad Javad Mousavi
  5. Katayoun Vahdat
  6. Mehdi Mahmudpour
  7. Iraj Nabipour
  8. Amirhossein Darabi
  9. Saeid Keshmiri

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  1. Version published to 10.2217/fvl-2020-0231
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    Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.

    Table 1: Rigor

    Institutional Review Board StatementIRB: The study was approved by Ethics Committee of Bushehr University of Medical Sciences (ethic code number: IR.BPUMS.REC.1399.026), and written informed consent was obtained from each participant before enrollment.
    Consent: The study was approved by Ethics Committee of Bushehr University of Medical Sciences (ethic code number: IR.BPUMS.REC.1399.026), and written informed consent was obtained from each participant before enrollment.
    Randomizationnot detected.
    Blindingnot detected.
    Power Analysisnot detected.
    Sex as a biological variablenot detected.

    Table 2: Resources

    Software and Algorithms
    SentencesResources
    Statistical analysis: Statistical analysis was performed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) for Windows release 25.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA).
    Statistical Package for the Social Sciences
    suggested: (SPSS, RRID:SCR_002865)
    SPSS
    suggested: (SPSS, RRID:SCR_002865)

    Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).

    Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:
    There are several limitations to our study that should be considered. First, due to the study design, some important laboratory parameters and biomarkers were not measured in our patients, such as D-dimer, B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP), N-terminal pro b-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), and Procalcitonin. Second, because of the small sample size in the study, our analyses are low in power. Third, number of patients under the age of 18 were limited, therefore, we could not perform any analysis on pediatric patients with COVID-19.

    Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.

    Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.

    Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.

    Results from rtransparent:
    • Thank you for including a conflict of interest statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • Thank you for including a funding statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • No protocol registration statement was detected.

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