TY - JOUR T1 - The Impact of Peripheral Eosinophil Counts and Eosinophil to Lymphocyte Ratio (ELR) in the Clinical Course of COVID-19 Patients: A Retrospective Study JF - In Vivo JO - In Vivo SP - 641 LP - 648 DO - 10.21873/invivo.12303 VL - 35 IS - 1 AU - VASILIKI E. GEORGAKOPOULOU AU - NIKOLAOS GARMPIS AU - CHRISTOS DAMASKOS AU - SERENA VALSAMI AU - DIMITRIOS DIMITROULIS AU - EVANGELOS DIAMANTIS AU - PARASKEVI FARMAKI AU - CHRYSOVALANTIS V. PAPAGEORGIOU AU - SOTIRIA MAKRODIMITRI AU - NIKOLAOS GRAVVANIS AU - STAMATIS VELONIAS AU - PAGONA SKLAPANI AU - NIKOLAOS TRAKAS AU - EFSTATHIOS A. ANTONIOU AU - KONSTANTINOS KONTZOGLOU AU - LAMPROS NIKOLIDAKIS AU - ZOI DAMASKOU AU - ATHANASIOS SYLLAIOS AU - GEORGIOS MARINOS AU - GEORGIA VOGIATZI AU - GEORGIA-ELENI KORROU AU - GEORGIOS KYRIAKOS AU - LOURDES-VICTORIA QUILES-SANCHEZ AU - ALEXANDROS PATSOURAS AU - DIMITRIOS LAMPRINOS AU - ATHANASIA STELIANIDI AU - SPYRIDON SAVVANIS AU - ANNA GARMPI Y1 - 2021/01/01 UR - http://iv.iiarjournals.org/content/35/1/641.abstract N2 - Background/Aim: Eosinophils are blood cells responsible for response against parasites and allergens. Eosinophil to lymphocyte ratio (ELR) is a biomarker for inflammatory conditions. Our aim was to evaluate the role of eosinophils and ELR in COVID-19 patients. Patients and Methods: The study included 96 patients hospitalized with COVID-19. They were classified into moderate to severe cases and critical cases. Eosinophils and ELR were determined in both groups, in patients that died or survived and were correlated to duration of hospitalization. Results: There was a statistically significant decrease in eosinophils and ELR between patients that died and patients that survived (p<0.05), and in mean values of the two biomarkers (p<0.05 for eosinophils and p<0.05 for ELR) between patients hospitalized for more or less than 15 days among those with moderate to severe disease. Conclusion: Lower eosinophil counts and ERL could probably predict worse outcome in COVID-19 patients. ER -