Nadya Batia Kagansky

Shmuel Harofe Geriatric Medical Center, Israel

Title: Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and platelet to lymphocyte ratio, are they markers of Covid-19 severity or old age and frailty?

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The neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) are simple markers of systemic inflammatory responses. It has been previously suggested that they can predict Covid-19 severity. Age and frailty may also influence their values. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of Covid-19 severity versus age and frailty on NLR and PLR values. This was a retrospective, observational two cohorts’ comparative study. The first cohort is comprised of patents positive for SARS-CoV-2, with mild or asymptomatic disease, admitted to designated Covid-19 departments in a large geriatric medical center (GMC). The second included patients with Covid-19 admitted to designated Covid-19 departments in a large general hospital for symptomatic disease from March 2020 to March 2021. We compared baseline characteristics including comorbidities and chronic medications, disease symptoms, laboratory tests and compared the NLP and PLT between the two groups. The 177 patients admitted to the Covid-designated department in the GMC were over three decades older than the 289 Covid-19 patients admitted to the general hospital care (HC). They had substantially more comorbidities and chronic medications. All common disease symptoms were significantly more common in the HC group. Almost two thirds of the GMC patients remained asymptomatic compared to 2.1% in the HC group. Inflammatory markers, such as CRP and LDH, were significantly higher in the HC group. The NLR and PLR were both significantly higher in the GMC cohort comprised of older frailer patients with milder disease. NLR and PLR seem to be affected more by age and frailty than Covid-19 severity.

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Dr. Nadya Kagansky got the Board Certification in Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine and Psychogeriatrics. She has obtained MA in Health System Management. Currently she is the Director of the Geriatric Medical Center Shmuel Harofe, affiliated to the University of Tel Aviv, Israel.

4th International Conference on Nursing and Women's Healthcare

Nadya Batia Kagansky

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