Comorbidities influence the predictive power of hematological markers for mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
Ashwaghosha ParthasarathiChetak Kadabasal BasavarajaSumalatha ArunachalaShreya ChandranHariharan VenkataramanAthira SatheeshMahesh Padukudru AnandPublished in: Advances in respiratory medicine (2022)
In severe COVID-19 patients, CRP was the most reliable biomarker to predict mortality followed by NLR. Presence, type, and number of co-morbidities influence the levels of the biomarkers and the clinically relevant cut-offs associated with mortality.