Introduction: This study aims to investigate in-hоsрitаl mоrtаlity in severe асute resрirаtоry syndrоme соrоnаvirus 2 раtients strаtified by serum ferritin levels. Methods: Patients were stratified based on ferritin levels (ferritin levels ≤ 1000 or >1000). Results: Approximately 89% (118) of the patients with ferritin levels > 1000 had pneumonia, and 51% (67) had hypertension. Fever (97, 73.5%) and shortness of breath (80, 61%) were two major symptoms among the patients in this group. Logistic regression analysis indicated that ferritin level (odds ratio [OR] = 0.36, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.21–0.62; p 1000. Conclusion: In this study, higher levels of serum ferritin were found to be an independent predictor of in-hоsрitаl mоrtаlity.
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Alroomi, M., Rajan, R., Omar, A. A., Alsaber, A., Pan, J., Fatemi, M., … Abdelnaby, H. (2021). Ferritin level: A predictor of severity and mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Immunity, Inflammation and Disease, 9(4), 1648–1655. https://doi.org/10.1002/iid3.517
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