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COVID-19 in Patients With a Past History of Chemical War Injury: A Cross-Sectional Study in Southern Iran.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to determine whether COVID-19 is associated with a different presenting clinical picture or a more severe course of illness in people with a past history of chemical war injury.

Methods

This is a multicenter retrospective study in Fars Province, Iran, from August 22 to October 4, 2020. People with a past history of chemical war injury and COVID-19 were studied. Two age- and sex-matched control groups, double the size of the patient group each, from the same database of patients with COVID-19 who were hospitalized at the same time (ie, healthy controls and pseudocontrols).

Results

A total of 46 people with a past history of chemical war injury, 92 healthy controls, and 92 pseudocontrols were studied. People with COVID-19 and a past history of chemical war injury had a significantly higher rate of chest pain compared with others. There were no other clinical differences between the groups. Mortality rate was 17.39%, 15.21%, and 27.17% in people with a past history of chemical war injury, the control group, and the pseudocontrol group, respectively.

Conclusions

A past history of a chemical war injury does not add to the risk of COVID-19 and does not significantly modify its clinical picture either.

SUBMITTER: Emami A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8209438 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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