Platelet-driven coagulopathy in COVID-19 patients: in comparison to seasonal influenza cases.

ABSTRACT:

Background

One year into the coronavirus diseases 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic we analyzed the blood coagulopathy in severe and non-severe COVID-19 patients and linked to those of influenza patients for a comparative study.

Methods

We reported 461 COVID-19 patients and 409 seasonal influenza patients admitted at separated medical centers. With their demographic data and medical history, hematological profiles with coagulation characters were emphasized, and compared between two cohorts before and after treatment.

Results

For 870 patients included in this study, their median age was (64.0, 51.0-76.0), and among them 511 (58.7%) were male. Hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and bronchitis constituted the leading comorbidities. Upon hospital admission blood tes

SUBMITTER: Zhang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8165133 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature