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Haemocytometric profile of Nigerian patients with Covid-19

The haemocytometric changes and possible interplay with duration of hospital stay, gender and age in Nigerians with COVID-19 were determined in this study. Routine haemocytometry was evaluated using a standard method and thereafter, neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR); a marker of inflammation was cal...

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720 |a Arinola, O. G.  |e author 
720 |a Edem V. F.  |e author 
720 |a Rahamon, S. K.  |e author 
720 |a Fowotade, A.  |e author 
720 |a Onifade, A. A.  |e author 
720 |a Adekanmbi, O. B.  |e author 
720 |a Salami, O. I.  |e author 
720 |a Fashina, O. A.  |e author 
720 |a Ishola, O. C.  |e author 
720 |a Akinbola, I. O.  |e author 
720 |a Akinbile, A. S.  |e author 
720 |a Eegunjobi, O. A.  |e author 
720 |a Bello, M. D.  |e author 
720 |a Famuyiwa, O. I.  |e author 
720 |a Olaoti, A. J.  |e author 
720 |a Olaniyan, O. A.  |e author 
720 |a Oke, C. A.  |e author 
720 |a Johnson, O. J.  |e author 
720 |a Fagbemi, S. O.  |e author 
720 |a Alonge, T. O.  |e author 
260 |c 2021 
520 |a The haemocytometric changes and possible interplay with duration of hospital stay, gender and age in Nigerians with COVID-19 were determined in this study. Routine haemocytometry was evaluated using a standard method and thereafter, neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR); a marker of inflammation was calculated. Neutrophil percentage, total white blood cell (WBC) count and NLR were significantly higher while lymphocyte percentage was significantly lower in patients with COVID-19 compared with the controls. In females with COVID-19, neutrophil percentage was significantly higher compared with the males. Considering length of hospital stay, monocyte percentage was significantly higher in patients who spent more than 10 days on admission compared with those with 10 or fewer days of admission. At discharge, the proportion of patients with monocyte percentage above the reference range was significantly lower compared with baseline. Also, monocyte percentage in COVID-19 patients had significant positive correlation with days on admission. Alteration in haemocytometry worsens with increasing age as percentages of monocyte and neutrophil, NLR and WBC count were significantly higher while the lymphocyte percentage was significantly lower in patients aged 40 years and above compared with younger patients. Also, age had significant positive correlation with percentages of monocyte and neutrophil, NLR and WBC count but a significant negative correlation with lymphocyte percentage. Haemocytometric changes and inflammation in COVID-19 patients increase with age. Also, monocyte count could be an indicator of longer hospital stay and its reduction might be an indicator of recovery from the disease. 
024 8 |a 2384-6232 
024 8 |a ui_art_arinola_haemocytometric_2021 
024 8 |a Archives of Basic and Applied Medicine 9, pp. 145-152 
024 8 |a https://repository.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/12859 
653 |a Age 
653 |a COVID-19 
653 |a Inflammation 
653 |a Monocyte 
653 |a Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio 
653 |a Nigeria 
245 0 0 |a Haemocytometric profile of Nigerian patients with Covid-19