Is endogenous carboxyhemoglobin level a useful biomarker of
clinical course and prognosis in COVID-19 patients?
Short title: Carboxyhemoglobin level in COVID-19 patients
Buğra Kerget1*, Ferhan Kerget2,
Abdullah Osman Koçak3, İlker Akbaş4,
Ömer Araz1, Elif Yılmazel Uçar1,
Metin Akgün1
1 Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Ataturk University
School of Medicine, 25240,
Yakutiye, Erzurum, Turkey
2 Depertmant of Infection Diseases and Clinical
Microbiology, Health Sciences University
Erzurum Regional Education and Research Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey
3 Department of Emergency Medicine, Ataturk University
School of Medicine, 25240,
Yakutiye, Erzurum, Turkey
4 Department of Emergency Medicine, Bingöl State
Hospital, 12400, Bingöl, Turkey
*Corresponding Author:
Buğra Kerget,MD
Yakutiye Medical Research Center
Chest Disease Department
25240, Yakutiye
Erzurum, TURKEY