LABORATORY MARKERS IN COVID-19 PATIENTS :microscope::syringe:
MOST FREQUENT
Decrease lymphocyte count
Decrease albumin
Decrease hemoglobin levels
Increase C-reactive protein (CRP)
Increase Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)
Increase Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH)
Increase D-dimer
- Deaths from Covid-19 are due to (1) cytokine storm syndrome and (2) fulminant myocarditis.
- During a cytokine storm, an excessive immune response ravages healthy lung tissue, leading to acute respiratory distress and multi-organ failure.
- All Covid-19 patients sick enough for hospitalization should be given a serum ferritin blood test.
- Elevated serum ferritin values are a good first screening tool for the possibility of a cytokine storm syndrome in sick patients with high fevers.
- Treating Covid-19 infected patients with cytokine storm syndrome with IL-6 blockade (tocilizumab) has recently been reported in China with successful outcomes.
- Fulminant myocarditis :heart: has also been reported in patients with Covid-19
- Fulminant myocarditis is primarily caused by infection with viruses. It arises quickly, progresses rapidly, and may lead to severe heart failure or circulatory failure presenting as rapid-onset hypotension and cardiogenic shock, with mortality rates as high as 50%–70%.
- Physicians should pay attention not only to the symptoms of respiratory dysfunction but also the symptoms of cardiac injury.
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Source: Lippi G, Plebiani M. Laboratory
abnormalities in patient with COVID-19 infection. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2020 Mar 3. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2020-0198 Covid-19 🦠Update:*
MOST FREQUENT
Decrease lymphocyte count
Decrease albumin
Decrease hemoglobin levels
Increase C-reactive protein (CRP)
Increase Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)
Increase Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH)
Increase D-dimer
- Deaths from Covid-19 are due to (1) cytokine storm syndrome and (2) fulminant myocarditis.
- During a cytokine storm, an excessive immune response ravages healthy lung tissue, leading to acute respiratory distress and multi-organ failure.
- All Covid-19 patients sick enough for hospitalization should be given a serum ferritin blood test.
- Elevated serum ferritin values are a good first screening tool for the possibility of a cytokine storm syndrome in sick patients with high fevers.
- Treating Covid-19 infected patients with cytokine storm syndrome with IL-6 blockade (tocilizumab) has recently been reported in China with successful outcomes.
- Fulminant myocarditis :heart: has also been reported in patients with Covid-19
- Fulminant myocarditis is primarily caused by infection with viruses. It arises quickly, progresses rapidly, and may lead to severe heart failure or circulatory failure presenting as rapid-onset hypotension and cardiogenic shock, with mortality rates as high as 50%–70%.
- Physicians should pay attention not only to the symptoms of respiratory dysfunction but also the symptoms of cardiac injury.
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Source: Lippi G, Plebiani M. Laboratory
abnormalities in patient with COVID-19 infection. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2020 Mar 3. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2020-0198 Covid-19 🦠Update:*
