Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry
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Meta Analysis
Thrombocytopenia is associated with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections: A meta-analysis.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a novel infectious disease with lack of established laboratory markers available to evaluate illness severity. In this study, we investigate whether platelet count could differentiate between COVID-19 patients with or without severe disease. Additionally, we evaluate if thrombocytopenia is associated with severe COVID-19. ⋯ Low platelet count is associated with increased risk of severe disease and mortality in patients with COVID-19, and thus should serve as clinical indicator of worsening illness during hospitalization.