Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio predicts critical illness patients with 2019 coronavirus disease in the early stage

• Published in: Journal of translational medicine Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 206 - 12
• Main Authors: Liu, Jingyuan, Liu, Yao, Xiang, Pan, Pu, Lin, Xiong, Haofeng, Li, Chuansheng, Zhang, Ming, Tan, Jianbo, Xu, Yanli, Song, Rui, Song, Meihua, Wang, Lin, Zhang, Wei, Han, Bing, Yang, Li, Wang, Xiaojing, Zhou, Guiqin, Zhang, Ting, Li, Ben, Wang, Yanbin, Chen, Zhihai, Wang, Xianbo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 20.05.2020; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: 2019-nCoV; Adolescent; Adult; Adult respiratory distress syndrome; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Betacoronavirus - pathogenicity; Blood; Child; Child, Preschool; Cohort Studies; Comorbidity; Coronaviridae; Coronavirus infections; Coronavirus Infections - blood; Coronavirus Infections - diagnosis; Coronavirus Infections - pathology; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Critical Illness; Development and progression; Disease Progression; Dyspnea; Etiology; Female; Fever; Health aspects; History, 21st Century; Humans; Illnesses; Infant; Infection; Infections; Influenza; Laboratories; Leukocyte Count; Lymphocytes; Lymphocytes - pathology; Male; Medical diagnosis; Medical research; Middle Aged; Neutrophils; Neutrophils - pathology; NLR; Nomograms; Pandemics; Patients; Pneumonia; Pneumonia, Viral - blood; Pneumonia, Viral - diagnosis; Pneumonia, Viral - pathology; Polymerase chain reaction; Prognosis; Prospective Studies; Regression analysis; Respiratory failure; Risk factors; SARS-CoV; SARS-CoV-2; Severity of Illness Index; Young Adult; China; Beijing China; COVID-19; Model; Prognosis; 2019-nCoV; NLR; SARS-CoV

Patients with critical illness due to infection with the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) show rapid disease progression to acute respiratory failure. The study aimed to screen the most useful predictive factor for critical illness caused by COVID-19. The study prospectively involved 61 patients...