Original Research Article
Year: 2020 | Month: August | Volume: 7 | Issue: 8 | Pages: 118-121
Retrospective Study on Haemoglobin Levels of COVID-19 Patients
Kumar Sharp1, Bharat Ghodke2
1MBBS Undergraduate Student, Government Medical College and Civil Hospital, Jalgaon
2Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Government Medical College and Civil Hospital, Jalgaon
Corresponding Author: Bharat Ghodke
ABSTRACT
Since June 2020, there has been discussions and observations by the scientific community about effect of SARS-CoV 2 on haemoglobin levels. Haemoglobin which is the oxygen transporter for the body needs to be maintained in order to compensate for the decreased oxygenation in the lungs. With this hypothesis, anaemic patients might be exposed to increased risk of disease progression which can be easily prevented. The final data set consisted of haemoglobin values of 506 patients. Out of them, 54.34% were non-anaemic. 26.28% of the patients were mildly anaemic. 12.64% of the patients were moderately anaemic and 6.72% were severely anaemic. Low haemoglobin concentration can easily be tackled by dietary requirements which can be supplemented with the current management protocol. Larger data-based studies like this where detailed clinical and pathological findings are incorporated must be conducted.
Keywords: haemoglobin; anaemia; SARS-CoV 2; coronavirus
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