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36. Association of Inflammatory Biomarkers with the Severity of COVID-19 Patients

Naveed Lodhi1, Kashif Aziz Ahmad2, Usman Amin Hotiana3 and Hafiza Sobia Ramzan4

ABSTRACT

Objective: The main objective of the study is to find the association of inflammatory markers with the severity of COVID-19.

Study Design: Analytical Study

Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the Al Aleem Medical College Lahore with the collaboration of LGH, Lahore during April 2020 to July 2020.

Materials and Methods: The data was collected from 200 patients, having confirm COVID-19 through real time PCR. Patients were divided into two categories, one was mild and second was severe. Those patients who have mild symptoms of COVID fall into the group A and those who was with severe condition, fall in Group B.

Results: The data was collected from 200 COVID-19 confirmed patients. The mean age of Mild group patients was 37.25±5.45 years and 50.0±6.75 years for sever group. There were 87 males and 43 females in mild group and 58 males and 12 females in severe group. There were 1.5% deaths occur due to mild symptoms of COVID-19 and 10% deaths were due to severe condition. There were 109 (83.8%) patients have fever in mild condition and 58 (82.8%) in sever condition.

Conclusion: It is concluded that most of the patients with confirmed COVID-19 has increased values of inflammatory markers.

Key Words: COVID-19, Acute, Inflammation, Mild, Markers

Citation of article: Lodhi N, Ahmad KA, Hotiana UA, Ramzan HS. Association of Inflammatory Biomarkers with the Severity of COVID-19 Patients. Med Forum 2020;31(12):154-156.