D-dimer: a biomarker for predicting disease severity and outcome in hospitalized children with COVID-19 and post COVID multisystem inflammatory syndrome
Abstract:Background: COVID-19 has presented with varied signs and symptoms with raised inflammatory markers among which D-dimers have been highlighted right from the beginning. Objectives were to analyze the relationship of D-dimers with the disease severity and outcome of children with COVID-19 and MIS-C in a developing country.
Methods: It was a retrospective study conducted at a pediatric tertiary care hospital from March 2020 to November 2021. Clinical and laboratory details of confirmed COVID-19 and post COVID-19… Show more
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