RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OCULAR FINDINGS AND LABORATORY DATA IN PATIENTS
WITH HOSPITALIZED COVID-19 PATIENTS
Abstract
Purpose To investigate the relationship between laboratory blood
parameters and ocular findings in hospitalized moderate or severe
COVID-19 patients. Methods Ophthalmologic examination of 215 patients
who were hospitalized with the diagnosis of COVID-19 was performed in
their beds and their ocular findings were noted. Blood parameters were
compared in patients with and without conjunctivitis like symptoms.
Results Conjunctivitis like inflammatory findings were detected in 15
(7.44%) of 215 moderate or severe COVID-19 patients. There was no
difference between the patients with and without ocular findings in
terms of laboratory findings such as WBCs, neutrophil counts, lymphocyte
counts, NLR, LDH, procalcitonin, D-dimer, CRP, and ferritin. Conclusion
There was a significant relationship between COVID-19 and an acute
conjunctival inflammatory response. Blood parameters that determined
progression in patients with COVID-19 were not significant in terms of
ocular findings.