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cord-325631-c7jwizpj	Masetti, Chiara	High mortality in COVID‐19 patients with mild respiratory disease	2020-06-29		.txt	text/plain	2540	137	44	CONCLUSIONS: In‐hospital mortality of patients with COVID‐19 presenting with mild symptoms is high and is associated with older age, platelet count and ferritin levels. For this reason, we conducted a retrospective analysis of all consecutive patients admitted to our Hospital with mild-moderate signs and symptoms of COVID-19 with the aim to identify predictive factors of in-hospital mortality. Inclusion criteria were as follows: diagnosis of COVID-19 with documented pneumonia requiring hospitalization in a non-intensive care unit because of mild Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) (the ratio of arterial oxygen partial pressure to fractional inspired oxygen, PaO2/FiO2 > 200), 15 without further signs or symptoms or organ dysfunction. Indeed, in other studies, platelet count has been validated as a biomarker associated with disease severity and mortality risk in the intensive care unit (ICU). This was in line with recent studies confirming low platelet count association with increased risk of severe disease, need of mechanical ventilation and mortality in COVID-19.	./cache/cord-325631-c7jwizpj.txt	./txt/cord-325631-c7jwizpj.txt