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Patients having albumin<3.5 g/dL and vitamin D<30 ng/mL showed a significantly increased risk for non-invasive mechanical ventilation, invasive mechanical ventilation, hypoxemia, and death (OR 3.173; 95% CI 1.002–10.043; p=0.049). Vitamin D and albumin may be used as prognostics.
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It highlights the importance of vitamin D and serum albumin measurement as strong prognostics in COVID-19.
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This page is a summary of: A combined role for low vitamin D and low albumin circulating levels as strong predictors of worse outcome in COVID-19 patients, Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -), February 2022, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s11845-022-02952-9.
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