The Relationship between D-dimer test and COVID-19

Authors

  • Randa Mohamed Elsalhi Department of Medical laboratories sciences, Misurata University, Misurata, Libya. ,
  • Fatma Milad Alzin Department of Medical laboratories sciences, Misurata University, Misurata, Libya.
  • Mustafa Mohammed Drah Department of Zoology, Misurata University, Misurata, Libya.
  • Amna Mustafa Bayo Department of Zoology, Misurata University, Misurata, Libya

Keywords:

Prevalence COVID-19, dimer test, Integra system, Thrombosis

Abstract

Background: COVID-19 is common disease in the world, and it has caused many complications to humans, D-dimers have been shown to be of prognostic value in various diseases, including cardiovascular disease and cancer, and D-dimer is currently the best available marker for COVID-19 associated hemostatic abnormalities. The objective of this study was found the relationship between D-dimer and COVID-19 in the patients.  

Methods: In this study 3913 samples were collected from patient with COVID-19, from January 2020 to April 2021,  A D-dimer test was conducted at the Misurata Central Laboratory, the Most of the cases that have a high D-dimer protein result have serious complications such as thrombosis and pulmonary embolisms.

The normal range of D-dimer was taken as <0.5 mg/dl as per our laboratory standards. A convenience sampling method was used.

Results: Out of the total 3913 cases of COVID-19 included in this study, 1551 (39.64%) patients had elevated D-dimer by using Integra 400 plus system (P value <0.05) by SPSS.

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2024-01-01

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Elsalhi , R. M., Alzin, F. M., Drah, M. M., & Bayo, A. M. (2024). The Relationship between D-dimer test and COVID-19. Journal of Academic Research, 28, 56–54. Retrieved from https://lam-journal.ly/index.php/jar/article/view/479

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