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Eosinopenia and elevated C-reactive protein facilitate triage of COVID-19 patients in fever clinic: A retrospective case-control study

2020; Elsevier BV; Volume: 23; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100375

2589-5370

Qilin Li, Xiuli Ding, Geqing Xia, Heng‐Gui Chen, Fenghua Chen, Zhi Geng, Luming Xu, Shijun Lei, An Pan, Lin Wang, Zheng Wang,

Thermal Regulation in Medicine

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is currently a pandemic affecting over 200 countries. Many cities have established designated fever clinics to triage suspected COVID-19 patients from other patients with similar symptoms. However, given the limited availability of the nucleic acid test as well as long waiting time for both the test and radiographic examination, the quarantine or therapeutic decisions for a large number of mixed patients were often not made in time. We aimed to identify simple and quickly available laboratory biomarkers to facilitate effective triage at the fever clinics for sorting suspected COVID-19 patients from those with COVID-19-like symptoms.