The Evaluation of Hematological Parameters and Their Correlation with Disease Prognosis in COVID-19 Disease in Iran.

ABSTRACT: Background: Since 2019, Coronavirus has been a highly contagious disease. The COVID-19 outbreak was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020. Variable laboratory findings are reported in COVID-19 patients, among which elevated levels of D-dimer, lactate dehydrogenase, as well as lymphopenia, have been reported to be associated with increased severity of disease symptoms requiring ventilator support, intensive care unit admission, and mortality. Materials and Methods: In the current study, inclusion criteria were: patient age above 18 years and hospitalization in the Imam Khomeini hospital with COVID-19 disease confirmed with nasopharyngeal swab polymerase chain reaction tests. Levels of white blood cells, neutrophils, lymphocytes, hemoglobin, platele

SUBMITTER: Shahi F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10452951 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature