Vitamin D, Albumin, and D-Dimer as Significant Prognostic Markers in Early Hospitalization in Patients with COVID-19

• Published in: Journal of clinical medicine Vol. 12; no. 8; p. 2825
• Main Authors: Popovska Jovičić, Biljana, Raković, Ivana, Gavrilović, Jagoda, Sekulić Marković, Sofija, Petrović, Sara, Marković, Vladan, Pavković, Aleksandar, Čanović, Predrag, Radojević Marjanović, Ružica, Irić-Čupić, Violeta, Popović Dragonjić, Lidija, Milosavljević, Miloš Z
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 01.04.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Albumin; Alfacalcidol; Blood; Body mass index; Calcifediol; Clinical medicine; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; D-dimer; Disease transmission; Health aspects; Hospital patients; Illnesses; Laboratories; Measurement; Medical examination; Medical prognosis; Oxygen saturation; Oxygen therapy; Pandemics; Prognosis; Proteins; Respiratory diseases; SARS-CoV-2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; severity of illness; Statistical analysis; Ventilators; Viral infections; Vitamin D; Serbia; COVID-19; severity of illness; SARS-CoV-2; lethal outcome; vitamin D; albumin; D-dimer

SARS-CoV-2 continues to pose a major challenge to scientists and clinicians. We examined the significance of the serum concentrations of vitamin D, albumin, and D-dimer for the severity of the clinical picture and mortality in COVID-19. A total of 288 patients treated for COVID-19 infection particip...