Early predicting indicators of conversion from mild to moderate in overseas-imported COVID-19 cases.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Due to the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in foreign countries and regions, many overseas people arrive in China by air. Currently, most of the new cases of COVID-19 were imported from overseas. Here, we evaluated the predictive effect of the level of blood albumin (ALB) and serum prealbumin (PA) level in overseas-imported cases on the conversion of mild COVID-19 to moderate and its value in guiding nutritional support for these travelers.

Methods

We retrospectively analyzed serum levels of ALB and PA of 193 patients with imported COVID-19 admitted to the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center at the time of admission on April 8, 2020.

Results

Since the first overseas-imported case was admitted to Shanghai on March 5, 2020, 195 over

SUBMITTER: Liang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8576708 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature