Serum ferritin at admission in hospitalized COVID-19 patients as a predictor of mortality

CONCLUSION: The magnitude of inflammation present at admission of COVID-19 patients, represented by high ferritin levels, is independently predictive of in-hospital mortality.PMID:33736948 | DOI:10.1016/j.bjid.2021.101569

Source: Braz J Infect Dis - March 19, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Katia Lino Gabriel Macedo Costa Guimar ães Lilian Santos Alves Any Caroline Oliveira Renan Faustino Cintia Souza Fernandes Gleiser Tupinamb á Thalia Medeiros Andrea Alice da Silva Jorge Reis Almeida Source Type: research