Laboratory features of severe vs. non-severe COVID-19 patients in Asian populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

More severe cases of COVID- 19 are more likely to be hospitalized and around one-fifth, needing ICU admission. Understanding the common laboratory features of COVID-19 in more severe cases versus non-severe patients could be quite useful for clinicians and might help to predict the model of disease progression. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to compare the laboratory test findings in severe vs. non-severe confirmed infected cases of COVID-19.

Methods

Electronic databases were systematically searched in PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar from the beginning of 2019 to 3rd of March 2020. Heterogeneity across included studies was determined using Cochrane's Q test and the I² statistic. We used the fixed or random-effe

SUBMITTER: Ghahramani S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7396942 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature