Mild versus severe COVID-19: Laboratory markers
Vietnamese - German Center of Excellence in Medical Research · Universitätsklinikum Tübingen · +1 more institution
Abstract
The number of COVID-19 patients is dramatically increasing worldwide. Treatment in intensive care units (ICU) has become a major challenge; therefore, early recognition of severe forms is absolutely essential for timely triaging of patients. While the clinical status, in particular peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2) levels, and concurrent comorbidities of COVID-19 patients largely determine the need for their admittance to ICUs, several laboratory parameters may facilitate the assessment of disease severity. Clinicians should consider low lymphocyte count as well as the serum levels of CRP, D-dimers, ferritin, cardiac troponin and IL-6, which may be used in risk stratification to predict severe and fatal…
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- 14.41
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- 100%
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2Topics & keywords
- Medicine
- Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- Risk stratification
- Intensive care
- Intensive care medicine
- Disease
- Severity of illness
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
- Good health and well-being