The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
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J Assoc Physicians India · Aug 2020
To Study the Role of Absolute Lymphocyte Count and RDW in COVID 19 Patients and their Association with Appearance of Symptoms and Severity.
The present study was undertaken to evaluate prognostic relevance of select circulating immune mechanistic biomarkers in COVID-19 positive patients for early identification and categorization of symptomatic patients who would need critical care with consequent adequate and optimal resource allocation and definitive management protocol. ⋯ Lymphopenia is an effective and reliable indicator of onset of symptoms and severity of disease in COVID-19 patients. RDW was found to be higher in COVID 19 patients in comparison to normal patients, however it had no significant relationship with appearance of symptoms or severity of the disease.