Evaluation of hematological indices in terms of COVID-19 related mortality and ICU admission

Authors : Özgür YILDIRIM, Mehmet BAYRAM, Raye Sevra ÖZMEN, Beyza SOYLU, Ahmet Said DÜNDAR, Ali Rıza KÖKSAL, Iskender EKİNCİ, Murat AKARSU, Ömür TABAK

Pages : 666-669

Doi:10.32322/jhsm.949299

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Publication Date : 2021-09-05

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that patients should be categorized according to their risk group, patient follow-up and the use of health resources should be arranged according to this categorization. Therefore, practical and inexpensive biomarkers are needed. In this study, the relationship between neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(NLR);, platelet to lymphocyte ratio insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(PLR);, mean platelet volume insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(MPV); and red blood cell distribution width insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(RDW); levels, which can be easily calculated by complete blood count, with mortality and intensive care unit insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ICU); admission in COVID-19 disease was evaluated. Materials and Methods: 748 inpatients with positive COVID-19 PCR test were evaluated retrospectively. The NLR, PLR, MPV and RDW levels calculated from the complete blood count parameters of the patients at hospital admissions and their relationship with the mortality and the ICU admission in COVID-19 disease were evaluated. Results: In terms of mortality, a statistically significant difference was found between RDW levels in the evaluation performed in the patient groups who survived and died insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p: 0.014);. No statistically significant difference was found in NLR, PLR and MPV levels. In the evaluation made between ICU insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(+); and ICU insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(-); groups, a statistically significant difference was found in RDW and NLR levels insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p: 0.042, p: 0.01, respectively);. There was no statistically significant difference between PLR and MPV levels for ICU admission. Conclusion: RDW level was found to be associated with COVID-19 related mortality and ICU admission.
Keywords : COVID 19, mortality, ICU admission

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