Association of the first biochemical parameters taken in the emergency department in Covid-19 patients with the outcome

Abstract

First the world did not anticipate the depth of the disease but as days passes on, it was realised that it was highly contagious and the mortality was also reported. The patients presented with a plethora of signs and symptoms including raised body temperature, cough, headache, nausea, vomiting, anorexia, diarrhea, dyspnea, multiple organ dysfunctions. Majority of the patients reported only mild infections and were all right after a week or two. But in a minor number of cases patients progressively develop serious complications, including sepsis, acute respiratory failure, metabolic acidosis, heart failure, kidney injury, hypoxic encephalopathy and eventually die of the illness. The study retrospectively reviewed the Case files of patients with COVID-19 and compared the hematological and biochemical characteristics between survivors and non-survivors.