Defining the correlates of lymphopenia and independent predictors of poor clinical outcome in adults hospitalized with covid-19 in australia

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• What: Given lymphopenia is a common laboratory feature of COVID-19 and is associated with development of ARDS, admission to ICU and death the authors aimed to define what demographic and clinical comorbidities were associated with lymphopenia by analysing data from consecutive adult patients hospitalised for the management of COVID-19. The authors aimed to determine for the first time if lymphopenia was an independent predictor of length of stay, ICU admission or mortality. Interestingly, the authors report a negative correlation between lymphopenia and the presence of asthma, possibly suggesting asthma may be a protective factor against . . .
  

   

  

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