ROLE OF BIOCHEMICAL MARKERS IN THE MONITORING OF COVID-19 PATIENTS
ROLE OF BIOCHEMICAL MARKERS IN THE MONITORING OF COVID-19 PATIENTS
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Letelier, Pablo
Encina, Nicole
Morales, Pablo
Riffo, Alejandra
Silva, Halett
Riquelme, Ismael
Guzman Oyarzo, Neftali
Encina, Nicole
Morales, Pablo
Riffo, Alejandra
Silva, Halett
Riquelme, Ismael
Guzman Oyarzo, Neftali
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10.5937/jomb0-29341
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Abstract
COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which has given rise to a global sanitary emergency. The clinical characteristics of COVID-19 are varied and can range from an asymptomatic infection to a mild to severe pneumonia. Recent studies have shown that different laboratory parameters become altered in these patients, and as such are useful as biomarkers to assess the progression of the disease and categorize patients that may present a severe and/or fatal clinical condition. This review analyzes biochemical and immunological markers that become altered in COVID-19 patients and their impact on different organs at a hepatic, cardiac, renal and pancreatic level, as well as markers of inflammation, analyzing their implications in the evolution of the disease.