Comparison of hematologic parameters as predictors of severity in COVID-19: A single-center cross-sectional study

Abstract

COVID-19 disease was a global pandemic that marred humanity globally from 2019 end till early 2023. The diseases caused by the novel SARS cov2 virus had a wide array of presentations, from asymptomatic to mild illness to severe acute respiratory illness, with patients presenting with ‘happy hypoxia and sudden deterioration of clinical condition to multiorgan involvement and proven to be fatal in many cases. There was an effort to identify a point-of-care test to screen patients so as to predict the disease course; therefore, this study was designed to compare hematologic parameters to predict the severity of the disease. This study showed that TLC,dNLR, and NLR can be effectively used in diagnosing severe COVID-19.