Baseline and early changes in laboratory parameters predict disease severity and fatal outcomes in COVID-19 patients.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become the worst catastrophe of the twenty-first century and has led to the death of more than 6.9 million individuals across the globe. Despite the growing knowledge of the clinicopathological features of COVID-19, the correlation between baseline and early changes in the laboratory parameters and the clinical outcomes of patients is not entirely understood.

Methods

Here, we conducted a time series cross-sectional study aimed at assessing different measured parameters and socio-demographic factors that are associated with disease severity and the outcome of the disease in 268 PCR-confirmed COVID-19 Patients.

Results

We found COVID-19 patients who died had a median age of 61 years (IQR, 50 y - 70 y), which is signif

SUBMITTER: Gize A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10751315 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature