Journal of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
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Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Sağlık Bilimleri University, Bursa 16310, Turkey

Publications

• Review Article   
  Hematological Parameters in Pregnant Women with COVID-19: A Systematic Review
  Author(s): Yasemin Üstündağ*, Elif Güler Kazancı, Emine Sevgican, Canan Erdem and Kagan Huysal
  
  Background: In the COVID-19 pandemic, the prevention and control of COVID-19 infection are extremely important. Therefore, laboratory indicators are needed that can detect pregnant patients with mild symptoms or no symptoms at the time of admission to the hospital and ensure that these patients are separated from the healthy population. This study aimed to review hematologic parameters in pregnant women with COVID-19 and evidence for their prognostic and diagnostic value. Methods: We searched PubMed/Medline, Scopus, and Google Scholar for the term “pregnancy” in combination with “COVID-19,” “coronavirus 2019” and “SARS-CoV-2” in studies published in the English literature between March 2020 and January 2021 and identified a number of studies. Studies that reported complete blood cell counts in pregnant patients with COVID-19 infection we.. View More»
  

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