• Deniz Cekic, Kubilay Issever, Ahmed Cihad Genc, Selcuk Yaylaci, Ahmed Bilal Genc, and Ali Tamer.
• Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya University Training and Research Hospital, Sakarya, Turkey.
• J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2022 Sep 1; 32 (9): 1191-1195.

ObjectiveTo investigate and compare complete blood count and biochemistry parameters such as c-reactive protein/albumin (CRP/ALB) ratio, procalcitonin/albumin (PRO/ALB) ratio, lymphocyte/monocyte (LYM/MON) ratio, platelet/lymphocyte (PLT/LYM) ratio of the recovered/deceased, and ICU (intensive care unit) /ward patients with COVID-19.Study DesignAn observational study.Place And Duration Of StudyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Sakarya University Training and Research Hospital, Turkey, from April 2020 to January 2021.MethodologyThe study was conducted with 590 diagnosed patients with COVID-19. The patients were divided into 2 groups as deceased (n = 294) /survivor (n = 296) and those in need of ICU (n= 418) /ward (n = 172). The information was obtained from the hospital information system and analysed retrospectively. The relationships of crp/alb, pro/alb, lym/mon, and PLT/LYM ratios with patient groups were investigated.ResultsOf the total 590 patients in the study, 358 (60.6%) were males. The total mean age was 65.63 ±14.9 years. The mean age of survivor and deceased groups was 71.32±10.9 and 59.97±16.2 years, respectively (p.

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