Natural Course of COVID-19 and Independent Predictors of Mortality

• Published in: Biomedicines Vol. 11; no. 3; p. 939
• Main Authors: Orlando, Luana, Bagnato, Gianluca, Ioppolo, Carmelo, Franzè, Maria Stella, Perticone, Maria, Versace, Antonio Giovanni, Sciacqua, Angela, Russo, Vincenzo, Cicero, Arrigo Francesco Giuseppe, De Gaetano, Alberta, Dattilo, Giuseppe, Fogacci, Federica, Tringali, Maria Concetta, Di Micco, Pierpaolo, Squadrito, Giovanni, Imbalzano, Egidio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 01.03.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: biomarkers; Brain natriuretic peptide; Cardiovascular disease; Congestive heart failure; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Creatinine; Mortality; NT-pro-BNP; PaO2/FiO2; Patients; Prothrombin; prothrombin time; SARS-CoV-2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; United States; COVID-19; NT-pro-BNP; SARS-CoV-2; biomarkers; prothrombin time; coronavirus disease; PaO2/FiO2

Background: During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, several biomarkers were shown to be helpful in determining the prognosis of COVID-19 patients. The aim of our study was to evaluate the prognostic value of N-terminal pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide (NT-pro-BNP) in a cohort of patients with COVID-19. Methods...