Five “biomarkers” can alert docs to the need for aggressive, immediate treatment
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According to an article published in Future Medicine by George Washington Univ. researchers…
Currently, physicians determine risk for COVID-19 health deterioration and death based on age and certain underlying medical conditions, like having an immunocompromised state, obesity, and heart disease.
People over the age of 65 and those with underlying conditions are typically less able to fight off any infection, not just COVID-19.
But coronavirus has proven deadly to scores of otherwise healthy, relatively young people too – and scientists are still not sure exactly why some COVID-19 patients quickly spiral downward and others have no symptoms at all.
George Washington University (GW) researchers found five biomarkers, medical indicators found in the blood, associated with higher odds of clinical deterioration and death in COVID-19 patients.
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