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. 2020 Jul;46(7):1475-1476.
doi: 10.1007/s00134-020-06065-8. Epub 2020 May 8.

IL-6 may be a good biomarker for earlier detection of COVID-19 progression

Changsong Wang  1   2 , Dongsheng Fei  1 , Xueting Li  1   2 , Mingyan Zhao  3 , Kaijiang Yu  4
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IL-6 may be a good biomarker for earlier detection of COVID-19 progression

Changsong Wang et al. Intensive Care Med. 2020 Jul.
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IL-6 levels (p = 0.0004) a was significantly lower in severe group than critical group due to Guidelines of the Diagnosis and Treatment of New Coronavirus Pneumonia (version 6), AUC of IL-6 is 0.848, sensitivity is 90.91%, specificity is 66.67% (b); IL-6 levels (p < 0.0001), c was significantly different in two disease groups due to SOFA scoring system., AUC of IL-6 is 0.910, sensitivity is 85.71%, specificity is 96.77% (d)
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  • Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China.
    Huang C, Wang Y, Li X, Ren L, Zhao J, Hu Y, Zhang L, Fan G, Xu J, Gu X, Cheng Z, Yu T, Xia J, Wei Y, Wu W, Xie X, Yin W, Li H, Liu M, Xiao Y, Gao H, Guo L, Xie J, Wang G, Jiang R, Gao Z, Jin Q, Wang J, Cao B. Huang C, et al. Lancet. 2020 Feb 15;395(10223):497-506. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30183-5. Epub 2020 Jan 24. Lancet. 2020. PMID: 31986264 Free PMC article.

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