COVID-19 is caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) which progresses to severe pneumonia in 10-15% of patients. The main complications are Acute Respiratory Distress (ARDS), multiple organ failure and intravascular coagulopathy. Low platelet count is related with : Severity of disease. Risk of mortality in intensive care. High scores on Multiple Organ Dysfunction Score (MODS), Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS) II, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II. During an SARS outbreak, thrombocytopenia was found in 55% of patients and was suspected as a significant risk factor for mortality. This research is to study whether thrombocytopenia is associated with severe COVID-19 infection. Meta-analysis. All documents reporting information on the number or level of thrombocytopenia in patients with COVID-19 with the definition of clinically severe disease fall into the inclusion criteria for this meta-analysis. In 7 studies : Severe COVID-...
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