Predictive value of hematological indices on incidence and severity of pulmonary embolism in COVID-19 patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) is a common complication of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which raises the COVID-19 disease's fatality rate from 3% to 45%. Nevertheless, due to fairly indistinguishable clinical symptoms and a lack of validated clinical prediction models, PTE diagnosis in COVID-19 patients is challenging. This study aims to investigate the applicability of hematological indices to predict PTE incidence and its severity in SARS-CoV-2 patients.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study was conducted on hospitalized patients with a confirmed diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection who underwent CT angiography to assess probable PTE in them. The correlation between complete blood count parameters 1 day before CT angiography and CT

SUBMITTER: Radkhah H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10540144 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature