Article: Blood cell morphology and COVID-19 clinical course, severity, and outcome.
2021 Volume 14, Issue 3, Page(s) 221–228
Abstract: COVID-19 infection affects different organs of the human body, and blood cells are not an exception. Peripheral blood smear (PBS) is a simple and available method to investigate blood cells' morphologic changes. In this study, we aimed to determine the ... ...
| Abstract | COVID-19 infection affects different organs of the human body, and blood cells are not an exception. Peripheral blood smear (PBS) is a simple and available method to investigate blood cells' morphologic changes. In this study, we aimed to determine the morphologic changes and abnormalities of COVID-19 patients and their relation to the patients' clinical course. In this prospective cross-sectional study, we included 89 PCR-positive COVID-19 patients. A pathologist examined the PBS findings of these patients. The patients' clinical course, including severity, outcome, intubation, and ICU admission, was extracted from their profiles. The statistical analyses were done to find out the relation between PBS findings and patients' clinical course. Results showed that smudge cells are the most frequent abnormality in our participants. Other findings were schistocyte; atypical lymphocytes; and increased large granular lymphocytes, shift to left of granulocytes, giant platelets, and leukoerythroblastic reaction. Our results did not show any statistically significant relationship between PBS findings and their clinical course. Although other studies suggested PBS as a possible predictive tool for COVID-19 disease, our study showed that these findings could not predict nor relate to the patients' clinical course. Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12308-021-00459-3. |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2021-07-05 |
| Publishing country | Germany |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ZDB-ID | 2438687-X |
| ISSN | 1865-5785 ; 1868-9256 |
| ISSN (online) | 1865-5785 |
| ISSN | 1868-9256 |
| DOI | 10.1007/s12308-021-00459-3 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
Full text online
More links
Kategorien
Order via subito
This service is chargeable due to the Delivery terms set by subito. Orders including an article and supplementary material will be classified as separate orders. In these cases, fees will be demanded for each order.