Clinical findings, laboratory, and imaging features of COVID-19 patients at Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) Academic Hospital, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Abstract

Background: The SARS-CoV-2 infection has triggered a global health crisis. Early detection of COVID-19 infection using hematology and radiology examination is the fastest method to detect the infection. This study aims to evaluate the characteristics of sign and symptom, hematology, and radiology examination of COVID-19 patients at Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) Academic Hospital, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.Methods: This is a retrospective study with quantitative descriptive methods and uses a total sampling technique. This study was conducted at UGM Academic Hospital, with a total sample of 147 patients diagnosed with COVID-19. Data were collected from medical records and were analyzed with Microsoft Excel for Windows.Results: This study showed that the most signs and symptoms of COVID-19 patients were cough (46.26%) and cold (37.41%), followed by hypertension (31.97%). Hematology examination showed that the leukocyte count of patients was mainly higher than the normal level (82.99%). The data showed that 22.45% of patients had increased C-Reactive Protein (CRP) and 2.72% of patients had increased procalcitonin. The result of thorax x-ray (16.33%) and CT-scan (28.57%) examination of the COVID-19 patients indicates pneumonia.Conclusions: This study illustrated that the symptoms of COVID-19 patients at UGM Academic Hospital, Yogyakarta were various. Respiratory problems such as cough and cold were the most common symptoms, followed by muscle fatigue and digestive disorders. Hematology and radiology test results of COVID-19 patients depend on the severity of the disease.

Geological Structure Control of The Distribution Quartz Vein as Mineralization Pathway In Kawatuna Area, Palu City Indonesia

“…Shear Joint. Shear joints are almost found in all research areas considering that the study area is indeed controlled by a major structure, namely the Palu Koro fault which is located in the west of the study area [2,4,6]. The joints found were in the form of systematic and non-systematic shear joints, some were filled with quartz minerals to form stockworks and some were not filled.…”

“…The area has the potential for mineral deposits with the dominant mineral carrier rock being metamorphic rock [4][5]. The mineralization is controlled by a sinistral shear fault with a southeast-northwest direction or relatively parallel to the Palu-Koro fault which is a tension fracture [6]. The existence of an active Palu-Koro fault plays an important role in the formation of minor faults in the vicinity which then becomes the path of hydrothermal fluid mobility to the surface and becomes a place for mineralization to formed [2].…”