Open AccessCan ferritin/lymphocyte percentage ratio, a new indicator, predict the clinical course of COVID-19 cases?
Author(s) -
Hande Aygün,
Suna Eraybar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
bratislavské lekárske listy/bratislava medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.387
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1336-0345
pISSN - 0006-9248
DOI - 10.4149/bll_2021_127
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , ferritin , receiver operating characteristic , retrospective cohort study , lymphocyte , emergency department , severity of illness , critically ill , intensive care , disease , intensive care medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , psychiatry
COVID-19 maintains its seriousness as a global emergency with its rapid distribution worldwide. Ferritin/lymphocyte percentage ratio (FLPR) may appear as a prognostic value at the initial evaluation stage and thus can be used as a simple, effective and reliable parameter in identification of patients critically ill with COVID-19.