Hospital and post-discharge mortality in COVID-19 patients with a preexisting cancer diagnosis in Iran
Cancer patients are at a higher risk of ICU admission, intubation, and death due to COVID-19 than non-cancer patients. Therefore, cancer patients who are infected with COVID-19 require intensive care in the hospital and active monitoring after their discharge from the hospital.
Authors
- Marveh Rahmati (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2676-3973)
- Bita Eslami
- Monireh Sadat Seyyedsalehi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9063-9128)
- Reza Ghalehtaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1162-2019)
- Azin Nahvijou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1973-7638)
- Zoha Shaka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7905-8234)
- Kazem Zendehdel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0269-4945)
- Seyed Farshad Allameh
Institutions
- Imam Khomeini Hospital (IR)
- Motamed Cancer Institute (IR)
- Tehran University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- University of Bologna (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Cancer
- Published
- 2024-09-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-024-12663-2
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.85
Funders
- World Health Organization
- Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services