The relationship between hemogram parameters with clinical progress in COVID-19 patients

• Main Authors: Nagehan Erdogmuş Kucukcan, Akif Kucukcan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dicle University Medical School 2020-12-01
• Series: Dicle Medical Journal
• Subjects: covid-19; hemogram parameters
• Online Access: http://diclemedj.org/upload/sayi/79/Dicle%20Med%20J-04327.pdf

Objective: In the present study, we aimed to show the relationship between the clinical characteristics age, gender, hospitalization time values and hemogram parameters of COVID-19 patients. Methods: Total 70 patients who were diagnosed with COVID-19 between April 2020 and June 2020 in a secondary hospital and discharged with healing were retrospectively examined in terms of demographic data, epidemiological properties and hemogram parameters. Results: The mean age of 70 patients included in the study is 43.8± 17.2 (range, 17 to 87) years; 28 (40%) were female and 42 (60%) were male. The mean hospitalization time of the patients was 6.33 ± 3.05 (range, 1 to 15) days. We observed a significant difference between eosinophil count (p = 0.05) and platelet distribution width (PDW) values (p = 0.032) according to the duration of hospitalization. There was no significant difference between the clinical progress and blood values in general. However, when patients with and without fever were compared, a significant difference was found for mean platelet volume (MPV) (p=0.035) values. Similarly, a statistically significant difference was found between hemoglobin (p = 0.046) and eosinophil number (p = 0.010) when male and female patients were compared. Conclusion: The relationship between clinical progress and hemogram parameters in patients diagnosed with COVID19 may be significant for the evaluation of prognosis.