Peripheral blood inflammatory markers in predicting prognosis in patients with COVID-19. Some differences with influenza A

Abstract

Background: To evaluate the ability of peripheral blood inflammatory markers in predicating the typing of COVID-19, prognosis, and some differences between COVID-19 and influenza A patients. Methods: Clinical data on 285 cases laboratory-confirmed as SARS-CoV-2 infection were obtained from a Wuhan local hospital's electronic medical records according to previously designed standardized data collection forms. Additional 446 Influenza A outpatients’ hematologic data were enrolled for comparison. Results: NLR, SII, RLR, PLR, HsCRP, and IL-6 were significant higher and LMR was lower in severe COVID-19 patients than in mild COVID-19 patients (p