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Decreased eosinophil counts and elevated lactate dehydrogenase predict severe COVID-19 in patients with underlying chronic airway diseases

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  • Dian Chen Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, National Health Commission of People’s Republic of China, Wuhan, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Shuchen Zhang Department of Allergy, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Yuchen Feng Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, National Health Commission of People’s Republic of China, Wuhan, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Wenliang Wu Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, National Health Commission of People’s Republic of China, Wuhan, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Chenli Chang Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, National Health Commission of People’s Republic of China, Wuhan, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Shengchong Chen Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, National Health Commission of People’s Republic of China, Wuhan, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Guohua Zhen Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, National Health Commission of People’s Republic of China, Wuhan, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Lingling Yi Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, National Health Commission of People’s Republic of China, Wuhan, China PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Lingling Yi, Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China; yilingling20061281{at}163.com
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Citation

Chen D, Zhang S, Feng Y, et al
Decreased eosinophil counts and elevated lactate dehydrogenase predict severe COVID-19 in patients with underlying chronic airway diseases
Postgraduate Medical Journal 2022;98:906-913.

Publication history

  • Received January 28, 2021
  • Accepted October 25, 2021
  • First published November 22, 2021.
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November 22, 2022

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