Complete blood count might help to identify subjects with high probability of testing positive to SARS-CoV-2
Complete blood count might help to identify subjects with high probability of testing positive to SARS-CoV-2
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DOI:
10.7861/clinmed.2020-0373
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发表时间:
2020-07-01
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
Legramante, Jacopo M.
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作者:
Formica, Vincenzo;Minieri, Marilena;Legramante, Jacopo M.
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has dramatically increased the workload for health systems and a consequent need to optimise resources has arisen, including the selection of patients for swab tests. We retrospectively reviewed consecutive patients presenting to the emergency department with symptoms suggestive of COVID-19 and undergoing swab tests for SARS-CoV-2. Complete blood counts (CBCs) were analysed looking for predictors of test positivity. Eight significant predictors were identified and used to build a 'complete' CBC score with a discriminatory power for COVID-19 diagnosis of AUC 92% (p