Open AccessNeutrophil–Lymphocyte Ratio in Patients with COVID-19 as a Simple Tool to Predict Requirement of Admission to a Critical Care Unit
Author(s) -
Sagar S Maddani,
Nitin Gupta,
Shashikiran Umakanth,
Sowmya Joylin,
Kavitha Saravu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of critical care medicine/indian journal of critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-359X
pISSN - 0972-5229
DOI - 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23801
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care unit , covid-19 , intensive care medicine , critical illness , lymphocyte , neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio , simple (philosophy) , emergency medicine , critically ill , immunology , virology , disease , philosophy , epistemology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has overloaded the healthcare system beyond its functional capacity. Late referral to higher levels of care may be one of the factors associated with higher mortality. Therefore, we aimed to find simple demographic and laboratory parameters which predict the requirement of admission to a critical care unit.