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Evaluation of Some Biochemical and Hematological Parameters in COVID-19 Patients and its Relation to Severity

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Internal Medicine

Abstract

Background: By the end of 2019, coronavirus identified as a cause of pneumonia cases in Wuhan city, China. In February 2020, World Health Organization reported the disease COVID-19, which means for coronavirus disease 2019. There is a great need for rapid and accurate diagnostic tools to aid in triage of severe cases.

Aim of the work: Our study aimed to evaluate some biochemical and hematological parameters in COVID-19 patients and its relation to severity.

Patients and methods: It was a case control study, included 200 individuals which had classified into two groups. Covid group: 100 patients with Positive PCR COVID-19 infection. Control group: 100 individuals matched for age and sex and complained of diseases apart from COVID-19 confirmed by negative PCR. All patients were chosen from outpatient clinic and inpatient of Chest department of Al-Azhar University Hospital at New Damietta from March 2021 to January 2022. Evaluation of complete blood picture with differential count, inflammatory profile as CRP, ferritin and LDH together with serum protein electrophoresis were done.

Results: We found that there was markedly difference between COVID-19 group and control group as regards to WBCs, Lymphocyte and PNL/ Lymph ratio. It also found that in COVID-19 group D-Dimer, serum ferritin and LDH were highly significant increase in COVID-19 group compared to control group. Finally, serum protein electrophoresis shows significant changes in COVID-19 group compared to control groups and also shows significant correlation with severity of cases.

Conclusion: We concluded that laboratory tests may serve as adjuvant in diagnosis and following up of COVID-19 cases and using of serum protein electrophoresis may aid in early diagnosis and correlate with severity.

DOI

10.21608/ijma.2022.130259.1450

Keywords

COVID-19, D-Dimer, protein electrophoresis, markers of severity

Authors

First Name

Tarek

Last Name

Emran

MiddleName

Mustafa

Affiliation

Department of Clinical Pathology, Damietta Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Egypt

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drtarekemran@gmail.com

City

Damietta

Orcid

0000-0002-8893-2579

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Saad

MiddleName

Ali

Affiliation

Clinical Pathology department, Faculty of Medicine,Al-Azhr University Cairo, Egypt

Email

ahmedsaad@azhar.edu.eg

City

Cairo

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First Name

Atef

Last Name

Alrifai

MiddleName

Wahdan

Affiliation

Chest Disease Department: Faculty of Medicine (Damietta); Al-Azhar University

Email

atefchest@gmail.com

City

Mansoura

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First Name

Hady

Last Name

Al-Hendawy

MiddleName

Hashim

Affiliation

Clinical Pathology, Damietta Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Egypt

Email

hadyhashem18@gmail.com

City

Damietta

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Volume

4

Article Issue

5

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35406

Issue Date

2022-05-01

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2022-04-21

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2022-05-01

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2,394

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2,399

Print ISSN

2636-4174

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2682-3780

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816

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International Journal of Medical Arts

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22 Jan 2023