Complete Blood-count-based Inflammatory Score (CBCS) of COVID-19 Patients at Tertiary Care Center.

Conclusions: Disease severity and age are independent predictors of poor outcomes. The NLR should be used as a routine blood test that can help in the diagnosis of disease severity in COVID-19. NLR is very simple tool that can be used as a fast and low-cost test that is easily available, even in small centers where the facilities for other tests, such as tests of LDH, CRP, and IL-6, and high resolution CT scans aren't available. Thus, NLR can be used as single independent predictor of COVID-19 disease severity.
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Source: Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine - February 20, 2021 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Kumar Gothwal S, Singh VB, Shrivastava M, Banseria R, Goyal K, Singh S, Ali H, Saad Alharbi K, Singh Y, Gupta G Tags: Altern Ther Health Med Source Type: research