Significance of hematologic abnormalities in COVID-19 severity among infected patients in Lagos, Nigeria.
Olufemi S AmooNgozi OnyiaTochukwu Ifeanyi OnuigboStephanie U VitalisOlabisi F Davies-BolorunduroJoy I OraegbuEsther T AdenijiJosephine C ObiOlusola N AbodunrinAmaka S IkemefunaRichard A AdegbolaRosemary A AuduBabatunde L SalakoPublished in: Bulletin of the National Research Centre (2022)
COVID-19 affected the levels of hemoglobin, RBC, PCV, and lymphocytes in the blood, and the differences were significant between the SCP and NSCP. The significant changes in neutrophil and lymphocyte counts may be useful in the prognosis and management of COVID-19 severity in hospital settings. Furthermore, NLR and PLR may be used in the prognosis and management of severe COVID-19 infection, as well as provide an objective basis for early identification and management in low-resource settings.