Gradual increase in red cell distribution width is similarly prognostic for in-hospital mortality in both anemic and non-anemic COVID-19 patients

J Med Virol. 2022 Aug;94(8):3509-3511. doi: 10.1002/jmv.27785. Epub 2022 Apr 21.

Authors

Marko Lucijanic^{1

2}, Ena Soric¹, Martina Sedinic Lacko¹, Anica Sabljic¹, Ivan Krecak³, Petra Bistrovic⁴, Ana Jordan⁴, Sime Manola^{2

4}, Ozren Jaksic^{1

2}, Tomo Lucijanic⁵, Lovorka Derek⁶, Rajko Kusec^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Hematology, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia.
² University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital Sibenik, Sibenik, Croatia.
⁴ Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia.
⁵ Department of Endocrinology, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia.
⁶ Department of Laboratory, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia.

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Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Anemia*
COVID-19*
Erythrocyte Indices
Hospital Mortality
Humans
Prognosis
Retrospective Studies