COVID-19 AND LOW PLATELET COUNT-A RELATIONSHIP
European Journal of Molecular and Clinical Medicine
; 9(3):766-771, 2022.
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in English
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-1766814
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND Easily accessible, inexpensive, and widely used laboratory tests that demonstrate the severity of COVID-19 are important. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between mortality in COVID-19 and platelet count, Mean Platelet Volume (MPV), and platelet distribution width. METHODS In total, 100 COVID-19 patients were included in this study. The patients were divided into two groups. Patients with room air oxygen saturation < 90% were considered as severe COVID-19, and patients with ≥90% were considered moderate COVID-19. Patient medical records and the electronic patient data monitoring system were examined retrospectively. Analyses were performed using the SPSS statistical software. A p-value <0.05 was considered significant. RESULTS The patients’ mean age was 64,32 ± 16,07 years. According to oxygen saturation, 38 patients had moderate and 62 had severe COVID-19. Our findings revealed that oxygen saturation at admission and the MPV difference between the first and third days of hospitalization were significant parameters in COVID-19 patients for predicting mortality. While mortality was 8.4 times higher in patients who had oxygen saturation under 90 % at hospital admission, 1 unit increase in MPV increased mortality 1.76 times. CONCLUSION In addition to the lung capacity of patients, the mean platelet volume may be used as an auxiliary test in predicting the mortality in COVID-19 patients.
adult; ambient air; article; controlled study; coronavirus disease 2019; data analysis software; female; hospital admission; hospitalization; human; lung capacity; major clinical study; male; mean platelet volume; medical record; middle aged; monitor; mortality; oxygen saturation; patient coding; platelet count; platelet distribution width
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English
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European Journal of Molecular and Clinical Medicine
Year:
2022
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