Venous blood gas analysis in patients with COVID-19 symptoms in the early assessment of virus positivity

Elezagic Dzemal; Johannis Wibke; Burst Volker; Klein Florian; Streichert Thomas

doi:10.1515/labmed-2020-0126

Journal of Laboratory Medicine (Feb 2021)

Venous blood gas analysis in patients with COVID-19 symptoms in the early assessment of virus positivity

Elezagic Dzemal,
Johannis Wibke,
Burst Volker,
Klein Florian,
Streichert Thomas

Affiliations

Elezagic Dzemal: Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Institute for Clinical Chemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Johannis Wibke: Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Institute for Clinical Chemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Burst Volker: Emergency Department, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Klein Florian: Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, Institute of Virology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Streichert Thomas: Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Institute for Clinical Chemistry, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/labmed-2020-0126
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 45, no. 1
pp. 27 – 30

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is currently a worldwide major health threat. Recognizing hypoxia in patients early on can have a considerable effect on therapy success and survival rate.

Published in Journal of Laboratory Medicine

ISSN: 2567-9430 (Print); 2567-9449 (Online)
Publisher: De Gruyter
Country of publisher: Germany
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical technology
Website: https://www.degruyter.com/view/journals/labm/labm-overview.xml

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