Open AccessChest-X-ray-Based Scoring, Total Leukocyte Count, and Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio for Prediction of COVID-19 in Patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Illness
Author(s) -
Pawan Kumar Garg,
Pushpinder Singh Khera,
S. Saxena,
Binit Sureka,
Mahendra Kumar Garg,
Vijaya Lakshmi Nag,
Abhishek Purohit,
Naveen Dutt,
Sarbesh Tiwari,
Taruna Yadav,
Surjit Singh,
Sanjeev Misra
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
turkish thoracic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 7
ISSN - 2149-2530
DOI - 10.5152/turkthoracj.2021.20239
Subject(s) - medicine , neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio , covid-19 , respiratory illness , respiratory system , lymphocyte , absolute neutrophil count , immunology , disease , neutropenia , toxicity , infectious disease (medical specialty)
This study aimed to use chest-X-ray (CXR)-based scores along with total leukocyte count (TLC) and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in the prediction of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in patients presenting with clinical features of severe acute respiratory illness (SARI).