Role of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio as a prognostic indicator for COVID‐19

Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) is a new pandemic disease, associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Its diagnosis requires centralized facilities and time. Aims To describe the exposure history and clinical picture of the COVID‐19 patients, to study the SARS‐CoV‐2 Virus lo...

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Published in:Health Science Reports 2021-12, Vol.4 (4), p.e442-n/a
Main Authors: Amer, Samar A., Albeladi, Omar A., Elshabrawy, Arafa M., Alsharief, Naif H., Alnakhli, Fatimah M, Almugathaui, Amani F., Almashahadi, Samar S., Dawood, Hosam M, Malik, Muhammad Bilal, Shah, Jaffer, Aiash, Hani
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asymptomatic
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID‐19 cases
Critical Care Medicine
Data collection
Disease transmission
Emergency Medicine
Epidemics
Epidemiology
Hospitals
Hypertension
Immunology
Infections
Laboratories
Lymphocytes
Medical prognosis
Neutrophils
NLR
outcomes
Patients
PCR
Pneumonia
Polymerase chain reaction
prognosis
Questionnaires
Respiratory distress syndrome
Sepsis
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Variance analysis
virus load
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Summary:Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) is a new pandemic disease, associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Its diagnosis requires centralized facilities and time. Aims To describe the exposure history and clinical picture of the COVID‐19 patients, to study the SARS‐CoV‐2 Virus load and some determinants that may correlate with its prognosis, and to evaluate the role of inflammatory index NLR as an early predictor of COVID‐19 prognosis. Methodology A prospective follow‐up study included laboratory‐confirmed 179 COVID‐19 cases out of 660 suspected COVID‐19 cases, at El‐Madinah El‐Monawarah General Hospital in April 2020. Confirmed cases were managed by the Saudi Protocol and followed up every 2 weeks by PCR, neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) for 1 month. Data were collected through a validated questionnaire and by qualified infection control staff. Results The majority of the COVID‐19 cases were 67 (37.4%) aged 30 to
ISSN:2398-8835
2398-8835
DOI:10.1002/hsr2.442