Comparative study of the physician specialty and laboratory services requested for patients with COVID-19: evidence from a large hospital

Background: In order to timely identify and treat the patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the use of rapid and accurate laboratory diagnostic methods is important, and tests such as erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), complete blood count (CBC), C-reactive protein (CRP), arterial blood gas (ABG), and real timepolymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) are helpful in assessing patient's condition and diagnosing the disease This was a comparative study of the physician specialty and laboratory services requested for patients with COVID19 based on the evidence from a large hospital " Methods: This was a descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study in Mashhad City, Iran, on 307 patients with COVID-19 hospitalized under the management of internal and infectious therapist groups, selected using random stratified sampling method Data were entered into SPSS version 22 statistical software