Hematological and Clinical Variables Associated with Lethality Due to Severe COVID-19 in Patients at Hospital Del Norte in Peru

Authors

  • Stalin Tello Vera Universidad San Martín de Porres, Chiclayo, Perú https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7876-5044
  • Claudia Nelly Orozco González Universidad Contemporánea de las Américas, Michoacan, México.
  • Marco Arbulú Ballesteros Universidad San Martín de Porres, Chiclayo, Perú

Keywords:

coronavirus infections, mortality, platelets, hypoxia.

Abstract

Introduction: CBC parameters can help doctors identify patients with poor prognosis and make decisions at an early stage to determine those who require intensive care.

Objective: To evaluate the hematological and clinical variables associated with lethality due to severe COVID-19, during the first wave of infection in a patient population in Chiclayo, Peru.

Methods: A retrospective analytical cross-sectional study was carried out to evaluate the hematological and clinical variables associated with lethality due to COVID-19 in 192 patients using binary logistic regression.

Results: Oxygen saturation, platelet distribution width and plateletcrit were associated with lethality. The ratio between neutrophils and lymphocytes had statistical association with lethality, but was clinically irrelevant.

Conclusions: Hematological and clinical variables were evaluated. Platelet indices were associated with fatality from severe COVID-19. These platelet indices, together with oxygen saturation, could help predict the prognosis of this disease.

 

 

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Author Biographies

Stalin Tello Vera, Universidad San Martín de Porres, Chiclayo, Perú

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3687-8072

 

Claudia Nelly Orozco González, Universidad Contemporánea de las Américas, Michoacan, México.

Sección de Doctorado en Salud Pública, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8885-5198

Marco Arbulú Ballesteros, Universidad San Martín de Porres, Chiclayo, Perú

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7940-7580

 

 

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Published

2024-08-07

How to Cite

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Tello Vera S, Orozco González CN, Arbulú Ballesteros M. Hematological and Clinical Variables Associated with Lethality Due to Severe COVID-19 in Patients at Hospital Del Norte in Peru. Rev Cubana Med [Internet]. 2024 Aug. 7 [cited 2025 Feb. 6];63. Available from: https://revmedicina.sld.cu/index.php/med/article/view/3697

Issue

Vol. 63 (2024): publicación continua

Section

Original articles

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