Immune-Inflammatory Parameters in COVID-19 Cases: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Background: The recent outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been rapidly spreading on a global scale and poses a great threat to human health. Acute respiratory distress syndrome, characterized by a rapid onset of generalized inflammation, is the leading cause of mortality in patients with COVID-19. We thus aimed to explore the effect of risk factors on the severity of the disease, focusing on immune-inflammatory parameters, which represent the immune status of patients. Methods: A comprehensive systematic search for relevant studies published up to April 2020 was performed by using the PubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE, and China National Knowledge Internet (CNKI) databases. After extracting all available data of immune-inflammatory indicators, we statistically a

SUBMITTER: Feng X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7295898 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature