Severe COVID-19 infection is associated with higher D-dimer values, lower platelet count and prolonged prothrombin time
Objectives:
Are there differences in coagulopathy indices in patients with severe and non-severe COVID-19?
Study design:
This review article included 35 retrospective studies with 6,427 COVID-19 patients.
16 studies were peer-reviewed and 19 were non-peer-reviewed.
Not surprisingly, quality assessment revealed a non-high study quality.
Across the studies, patients were predominantly male and approximately one-fourth of patients had a history of cardiovascular disease.