Hyperferritinemia in critically ill COVID-19 patients - Is ferritin the product of inflammation or a pathogenic mediator?

Clin Chim Acta. 2020 Oct:509:249-251. doi: 10.1016/j.cca.2020.06.033. Epub 2020 Jun 21.
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Publication types

  • Letter
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus*
  • Biomarkers / blood
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / blood*
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
  • Critical Illness* / epidemiology
  • Ferritins / blood*
  • Humans
  • Inflammation / blood
  • Inflammation / diagnosis
  • Inflammation Mediators / blood*
  • Iron Overload / blood*
  • Iron Overload / diagnosis
  • Iron Overload / epidemiology
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / blood*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
  • SARS-CoV-2

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • Inflammation Mediators
  • Ferritins