Is anemia a risk factor in pneumonia progression in covid-19-infected patients?
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2022
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
Background Determining the factors contributing to the development of severe coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) disease is of great importance for health guidance. In this study, the authors aimed to investigate whether there is a relationship between anemia and progression of COVID-19 pneumonia. Patients and methods Records of 201 patients whose RT-PCR positivity for COVID-19 was confirmed between August 2020 and October 2020, when admissions and hospitalizations were at their peak, were retrospectively reviewed. The scoring system based on visual evaluation was used for evaluating the severity of the disease on each computed tomography (CT). To determine the progression status of pneumonia, the score difference was calculated by the difference between two CT scores. The patients were divided into two groups according to their hemoglobin levels as anemic and nonanemic patients. Results A significant difference was reported between the CT score difference groups in terms of mean age (P < 0.001). The mean age of the group that did not show progression was significantly lower than the other groups. Although the mean hemoglobin level of the group that did not show progression was higher than the other groups, no significant difference was reported between the groups (P=0.768). There was no significant difference between the CT score difference groups in terms of the presence or absence of anemia (P=0.791). Conclusion No significant relationship was found between hemoglobin levels, anemia, and pneumonia progression in COVID-19-infected patients.
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anemia, COVID-19, pneumonia, tomography
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Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis
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71
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