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SUBMITTER: Henry BM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7554711 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) 20200821 9
Since previous evidence has demonstrated that red blood cell distribution width (RDW) may be a useful prognostic parameter in many critical illnesses and infectious diseases, we investigated the utility of RDW for monitoring patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The study population consisted of 49 COVID-19 patients, including 16 (32.6%) with severe illness, 12 (24.5%) with severe acute kidney injury (AKI), and 8 (16.3%) requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT). The predictive valu ...[more]