Abstract Changes in blood coagulation in patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): a meta-analysis Keywords: COVID-19; coronavirus; coagulation; laboratory; meta-analysis EN COVID-19 coronavirus coagulation laboratory meta-analysis 1050 1052 3 06/18/20 20200615 NES 200615 To the Editor: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is widely spread and poses a critical threat to global health.[1] Prominent changes in coagulation function in severe patients of COVID-19 have been reported in a recent study.[2] Therefore, we conducted this quantitative meta-analysis to explore the difference in blood coagulation parameters between severe and mild cases of COVID-19. All documents comparing information on coagulation parameters between mild and severe cases of COVID-19 patients were finally referred to in our meta-analysis.[Extracted from the article]

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