Aim: We aimed to explore the biomarkers for disease progression or the risk of nonsurvivors. Materials & methods: This study included 134 hospitalized patients with confirmed COVID-19 infection. The outcome of moderate versus severe versus critically ill patients and survivors versus nonsurvivors were compared. Results: An increase in the severity of COVID-19 pneumonia was positively associated with lower levels of platelets and albumin (all p < 0.05). In the critical group, the plasma levels of albumin continued to have a significant association for the risk of nonsurvivors (p < 0.05), even after adjusting for confounding factors. Conclusion: Albumin levels could be used as an independent predictor of the risk of nonsurvivors in critically ill patients with COVID-19.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, Biomarkers, Pneumonia, Infection, albumin, critically ill patients, 【초록키워드】 Biomarker, risk, Disease progression, severity of COVID-19, Platelet, plasma, Critical, moderate, association, Critically ill patient, nonsurvivors, Confirmed COVID-19 infection, confounding factors, material, survivor, independent, hospitalized patient, increase in, nonsurvivor, with COVID-19, 【제목키워드】 risk, predict, Critically ill patient, albumin level, nonsurvivor, with COVID-19,