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. 2020 Aug;51(6):598-599.
doi: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2020.05.011. Epub 2020 May 21.

Laboratory Biomarkers Predicting COVID-19 Severity in the Emergency Room

Roberto Assandri  1 , Elisabetta Buscarini  2 , Ciro Canetta  3 , Alessandro Scartabellati  4 , Giovanni Viganò  5 , Alessandro Montanelli  6
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Laboratory Biomarkers Predicting COVID-19 Severity in the Emergency Room

Roberto Assandri et al. Arch Med Res. 2020 Aug.

Abstract

Infection of novel Coronavirus has been declared pandemic by the WHO and now is a world public health crisis. Laboratory activity becames essential for the timely diagnosis. Few parameters, such Lymphocytes count, SaO2 and CRP serum level can be used to assess the severity of COVID-19 in emergency room.

Keywords: Covid-19; Laboratory test; RT-PCR.

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