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SUBMITTER: Xu JB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7490259 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xu Jian-Bo JB Xu Chao C Zhang Ru-Bing RB Wu Meng M Pan Chang-Kun CK Li Xiu-Jie XJ Wang Qian Q Zeng Fang-Fang FF Zhu Sui S
Scientific reports 20200914 1
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an important and urgent threat to global health. Inflammation factors are important for COVID-19 mortality, and we aim to explore whether the baseline levels of procalcitonin (PCT), C-reaction protein (CRP) and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) are associated with an increased risk of mortality in patients with COVID-19. A retrospective study was conducted and a total of 76 patients with confirmed COVID-19 were included between January 17, 2020 to March ...[more]