Abstract:Background: Critically ill COVID-19 patients are presented with coagulopathy and disseminated intravascular coagulation like massive clot formation. Consequently, coagulation tests are useful to distinguish severe cases of COVID-19.Objective: to assess the role of prothrombin time (PT), D-dimer, platelet (PLT) count, and fibrinogen for detection of coagulopathy in patients with COVID-19 and to assess their relation to disease severity.Methodology: A cross sectional study was conducted on 80 patients with polym… Show more
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