Title
Platelet-based biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis in covid-19 patients
Date Issued
01 October 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Alberca R.W.
Cardoso Fernanda
da Silva Duarte A.J.
de Mendonça Oliveira L.
Pereira N.Z.
Gozzi-Silva S.C.
Araujo de Oliveira E.
Aoki V.
Orfali R.L.
Beserra D.R.
de Souza Andrade M.M.
Sato M.N.
Publisher(s)
MDPI
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused millions of deaths worldwide. COVID-19's clinical manifestations range from no symptoms to a severe acute respiratory syndrome, which can result in multiple organ failure, sepsis, and death. Severe COVID-19 patients develop pulmonary and extrapulmonary infections, with a hypercoagulable state. Several inflammatory or coagulatory biomarkers are currently used with predictive values for COVID-19 severity and prognosis. In this manuscript, we investigate if a combination of coagulatory and inflammatory biomarkers could provide a better biomarker with predictive value for COVID-19 patients, being able to distinguish between patients that would develop a moderate or severe COVID-19 and predict the disease outcome. We investigated 306 patients with COVID-19, confirmed by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 RNA detected in the nasopharyngeal swab, and retrospectively analyzed the laboratory data from the first day of hospitalization. In our cohort, biomarkers such as neutrophil count and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio from the day of hospitalization could predict if the patient would need to be transferred to the intensive care unit but failed to identify the patients´ outcomes. The ratio between platelets and inflammatory markers such as creatinine, C-reactive protein, and urea levels is associated with patient outcomes. Finally, the platelet/neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio on the first day of hospitalization can be used with predictive value as a novel severity and lethality biomarker in COVID-19. These new biomarkers with predictive value could be used routinely to stratify the risk in COVID-19 patients since the first day of hospitalization.
Volume
11
Issue
10
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Medicina clínica
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85115998535
Source
Life
Resource of which it is part
Life
Sponsor(s)
Funding: This research was funded by Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP), grants 2020/13148-0, 2019/22448-0, 2019/02679-7, and 2017/18199-9; and Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior—CAPES, 88887.503842/2020-00.
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