Characteristics of peripheral white blood cells in COVID-19 patients revealed by a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Peripheral hematological changes in severe COVID-19 patients may reflect the immune response during SARS-CoV-2 infection. Characteristics of peripheral white blood cells as early signals were needed to be investigated for clarifying its associations with the fatal outcomes in COVID-19 patients.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study was performed and the hospitalized COVID-19 patients were recruited in wards of Sino-French New City Branch of Tongji Hospital in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. Characteristics of peripheral white blood cells in survivors and non-survivors were analyzed. Comparison among patients with different level of eosinophils was performed.

Results

Of 198 patients included in this study, 185 were discharged and 13 died. Levels of eosinophils,

SUBMITTER: Tong X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8655490 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature