Haemoglobin and red cell distribution width levels in internal medicine patients indicate recurrent hospital admission during COVID-19

B. A. Atak Tel, G. Kahveci, S. Bilgin, O. Kurtkulagi, T. Taslamacioglu Duman, M. Demirkol, G. Aktas
{"title":"Haemoglobin and red cell distribution width levels in internal medicine patients indicate recurrent hospital admission during COVID-19","authors":"B. A. Atak Tel, G. Kahveci, S. Bilgin, O. Kurtkulagi, T. Taslamacioglu Duman, M. Demirkol, G. Aktas","doi":"10.5114/fmpcr.2022.113011","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Background. The novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has caused significant change in the daily life of humans, as well as in access to medical care. Objectives. We aimed to compare the general characteristics, medical diagnoses and laboratory data of patients referred to the outpatient internal medicine clinics of our institution and to observe relevant factors that correlate with the number of hospital admissions in this population. Material and methods. Patients who visited our outpatient clinics of internal medicine between March 2020 and June 2020 were enrolled. Age, gender, medical diagnoses, number of admissions, cause of admission and laboratory parameters on first admission were recorded. Patients who visited outpatient clinics only once were grouped as group I, and patients admitted more than once were grouped as group II. General characteristics and laboratory data of groups I and II were compared. Results. Patients with cancer were more common in group II compared to group I (p < 000.1). Haemoglobin (Hb) (p = 0.001) was significantly lower, and red cell distribution width (RDW) (p = 0.007) was significantly higher in group II compared to group I. RDW was positively (r = 0.23, p < 0.001) correlated, and Hb inversely (r = -0.19, p < 0.001) correlated, with the number of hospital admissions in the study population. Conclusions.We think that decreased Hb and increased RDW values in patients during the pandemic should alert physicians for possible recurrent hospital admissions in the near future and may promote taking measures to reduce multiple medical admissions. .","PeriodicalId":305591,"journal":{"name":"Family Medicine &amp; Primary Care Review","volume":"160 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"12","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Family Medicine &amp; Primary Care Review","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5114/fmpcr.2022.113011","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 12

Abstract

Background. The novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has caused significant change in the daily life of humans, as well as in access to medical care. Objectives. We aimed to compare the general characteristics, medical diagnoses and laboratory data of patients referred to the outpatient internal medicine clinics of our institution and to observe relevant factors that correlate with the number of hospital admissions in this population. Material and methods. Patients who visited our outpatient clinics of internal medicine between March 2020 and June 2020 were enrolled. Age, gender, medical diagnoses, number of admissions, cause of admission and laboratory parameters on first admission were recorded. Patients who visited outpatient clinics only once were grouped as group I, and patients admitted more than once were grouped as group II. General characteristics and laboratory data of groups I and II were compared. Results. Patients with cancer were more common in group II compared to group I (p < 000.1). Haemoglobin (Hb) (p = 0.001) was significantly lower, and red cell distribution width (RDW) (p = 0.007) was significantly higher in group II compared to group I. RDW was positively (r = 0.23, p < 0.001) correlated, and Hb inversely (r = -0.19, p < 0.001) correlated, with the number of hospital admissions in the study population. Conclusions.We think that decreased Hb and increased RDW values in patients during the pandemic should alert physicians for possible recurrent hospital admissions in the near future and may promote taking measures to reduce multiple medical admissions. .
内科患者的血红蛋白和红细胞分布宽度水平表明在COVID-19期间经常住院
背景。新型冠状病毒大流行(COVID-19)给人类的日常生活和获得医疗服务带来了重大变化。目标。我们的目的是比较到本机构门诊内科诊所就诊的患者的一般特征、医学诊断和实验室数据,并观察与该人群住院人数相关的相关因素。材料和方法。纳入2020年3月至2020年6月期间到我院内科门诊就诊的患者。记录年龄、性别、医疗诊断、入院次数、入院原因和首次入院时的实验室参数。只去过一次门诊的患者被分为第一组,多次入院的患者被分为第二组。比较I组和II组的一般特征和实验室数据。结果。II组肿瘤患者发生率高于I组(p < 000.1)。II组的血红蛋白(Hb) (p = 0.001)显著低于i组,而红细胞分布宽度(RDW) (p = 0.007)显著高于i组。RDW与研究人群的住院次数呈正相关(r = 0.23, p < 0.001), Hb呈负相关(r = -0.19, p < 0.001)。结论。我们认为,大流行期间患者Hb值下降和RDW值升高应提醒医生在不久的将来可能再次住院,并可能促使采取措施减少多次住院。
本文章由计算机程序翻译,如有差异,请以英文原文为准。
求助全文
约1分钟内获得全文 求助全文
来源期刊
自引率
0.00%
发文量
0
×
引用
GB/T 7714-2015
复制
MLA
复制
APA
复制
导出至
BibTeX EndNote RefMan NoteFirst NoteExpress
×
提示
您的信息不完整,为了账户安全,请先补充。
现在去补充
×
提示
您因"违规操作"
具体请查看互助需知
我知道了
×
提示
确定
请完成安全验证×
copy
已复制链接
快去分享给好友吧!
我知道了
右上角分享
点击右上角分享
0
联系我们:info@booksci.cn Book学术提供免费学术资源搜索服务,方便国内外学者检索中英文文献。致力于提供最便捷和优质的服务体验。 Copyright © 2023 布克学术 All rights reserved.
京ICP备2023020795号-1
ghs 京公网安备 11010802042870号
Book学术文献互助
Book学术文献互助群
群 号:604180095
Book学术官方微信