Elevated level of C‐reactive protein may be an early marker to predict risk for severity of COVID‐19

Authors: Nurshad Ali 1 The outbreak of coronavirus disease‐2019 (COVID‐19) is an emerging global health threat. The healthcare workers are facing challenges in reducing the severity and mortality of COVID‐19 across…[...]

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The role of C-reactive protein as a prognostic marker in COVID-19

Authors: Dominic Stringer,1Philip Braude,2Phyo K Myint,3Louis Evans,4Jemima T Collins,5Alessia Verduri,6Terry J Quinn,7Arturo Vilches-Moraga,8Michael J Stechman,9Lyndsay Pearce,10Susan Moug,11Kathryn McCarthy,12Jonathan Hewitt,13 and Ben Carter1 Abstract Background C-reactive protein (CRP) is a non-specific acute phase…[...]

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High sensitivity troponin and COVID-19 outcomes

Authors: Nikolaos Papageorgiou,a,bCatrin Sohrabi,aDavid Prieto Merino,c,dAngelos Tyrlis,aAbed Elfattah Atieh,aBunny Saberwal,aWei-Yao Lim,aAntonio Creta,aMohammed Khanji,aReni Rusinova,aBashistraj Chooneea,aRaj Khiani,d,eNadeev Wijesuriya,e,fAnna Chow,e,fHaroun Butt,e,fStefan Browne,e,fNikhil Joshi,e,fJamie Kay,e,fSyed Ahsan,a and Rui Providenciaa,g Abstract Background Recent reports have demonstrated…[...]

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Cardiac Troponin-I and COVID-19: A Prognostic Tool for In-Hospital Mortality

Authors: Baher Al Abbasi 1, Pedro Torres 1, Fergie Ramos-Tuarez 2, Nakeya Dewaswala 1, Ahmed Abdallah 1, Kai Chen 1, Mohamed Abdul Qader 1, Riya Job 1, Samar Aboulenain 1, Karolina Dziadkowiec 1, Huzefa Bhopalwala 3, Jesus E Pino 2, Robert D Chait 2 Abstract Background: The number of fatalities due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)…[...]

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Body mass index and severity/fatality from coronavirus disease 2019: A nationwide epidemiological study in Korea

Authors: In Sook Kang , Kyoung Ae Kong Published: June 22, 2021 Abstract Obesity has been reported as a risk factor for severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in recent studies. However,…[...]

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