The aim of this study is to investigate the routine blood parameters of COVID-19 patients at the time of admission to the emergency department and their relationship with the severity of the disease and prognosis. A total of 500 patients, who were diagnosed with severe COVID-19 and hospitalized in the intensive care unit between 01.04.2020 and 01.02.2021 in the emergency department of a pandemic hospital, were retrospectively analyzed. Demographic, clinical, and laboratory data of the patients were obtained from the hospital registry system. Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio (MLR), and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) were calculated using neutrophil, lymphocyte, monocyte, and platelet counts. These patients were divided into two groups: survivors and deceased. All parameters obtained from routine blood analysis were statistically compared between these two groups. While 280 out of 500 patients survived, 220 died. Of all patients, the mean age was 67 years and 51.8% were males. There was a significant difference between the two groups in terms of age, gender, length of hospital stay, need for mechanical ventilation, white blood cell, neutrophil, lymphocyte, monocyte, eosinophil, platelet counts, CRP, ferritin, procalcitonin values, NLR, MLR, and PLR ( p < 0.001 for all). While NLR alone and MLR + NEU and NLR + PLR + MLR combinations had the highest AUC values (0.930, 0.947, and 0.939, respectively), MLR and PLR alone showed the lowest AUC values (0.875 and 0.797, respectively). The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive values (PPVs), and negative predictive values (NPVs) in the prediction of death according to the cutoff values of the parameters have been determined. A significant correlation was determined between age, NLR, MLR, and PLR and duration of hospital stay ( p < 0.001 for all). Routine blood parameters and NLR, MLR, and PLR can assist emergency physicians to identify the severity and early prognosis of COVID-19 patients.
Amaç: Acil serviste COVID-19 hastalarında mortaliteyi öngörmede CURB-65, Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) ve Ulusal Erken Uyarı Skoru 2 (NEWS 2) puanlarının performansını değerlendirmektir. Yöntem: Bir pandemi hastanesinin acil servisinde ciddi COVID-19 tanısı alan toplam 502 hasta geriye dönük olarak incelendi. Hastaların demografik, klinik ve laboratuvar verilerine hastane kayıt sisteminden ulaşıldı. Her hastanın CURB-65, qSOFA ve NEWS2 skorları ayrı ayrı hesaplandı. Bütün hastalar hayatta kalanlar ve ölenler olarak iki gruba ayrıldı. Tüm parametreler ve hesaplanan risk skorları bu iki grup arasında istatistiksel olarak karşılaştırıldı. Bulgular: 502 hastanın 281'i hayatta kalırken, 221'i öldü. CURB-65, NEWS2, qSOFA skorları iki hasta grubu arasında karşılaştırıldığında, anlamlı fark bulundu (p
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