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Association of the Anemia and COVID-19 in Hospitalized Patients (preprint)
researchsquare; 2020.
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| PREPRINT-RESEARCHSQUARE | ID: ppzbmed-10.21203.rs.3.rs-124998.v1
ABSTRACT
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become an extensive pandemic worldwide since it is firstly broken out in Wuhan in December 2019. As of July 26, 2020, this disease has resulted in more than 600,000 of death and the numbers remains increasing. Pneumonia is commonly developed in COVID-19 confirmed patients, and it weakens lung functions and decreases the oxygen levels of blood. As an oxygen carrier, hemoglobin transport oxygen from lung to other organs and meanwhile plays a vital role in maintaining the balance of blood oxygen. Therefore, we speculate that a decrease of hemoglobin, also known as anemia, would weaken the oxygen transport and aggravates the illness of COVID-19. Moreover, anemia is commonly observed in a large proportion of COVID-19 confirmed patients. Taken together, anemia might be associated with the COVID-19. The aim of this study was performed to evaluate the clinical characteristics of COVID-19 confirmed patients with anemia and to further investigate the relationship between anemia and COVID-19.
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Main subject:
Death
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COVID-19
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Anemia
Language:
English
Year:
2020
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Preprint
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