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Prognostic Significance of Hematological Parameters and Ratios in COVID-19 Patients
Author(s): Anjali Sharma, Mukul Singh, Manju Kumari*, Heena, Sunil Ranga and Jugal Kishore
Background and aim: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2 and has affected millions of individuals across the world. Various haematological parameters and prognostic factors have been studied in the Chinese population. We here aimed to evaluate these haematological parameters in the Indian population and to search for any early prognostic factors of severe illness. Material and methods: The haematological parameters were assessed in 829 COVID-19 positive patients. The trend of these parameters was studied in the hospitalized patients and these parameters were also compared between survived and expired patients with a two-tailed pair t-test in the SPSS software version. Results: Out of 829, 504 (60.79%) were males and 325 (42.46%) were females. Among these 67 (8.1%) expired. All the haematological parameters were within the normal range but when their tr.. Read More»
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