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<journal-id>0120-0011</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de la Facultad de Medicina]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[rev.fac.med.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0120-0011</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional de Colombia]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-id>S0120-00112023000100003</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15446/revfacmed.v71n1.97180</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Ferritin as a biomarker in inpatients with suspected COVID-19]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Ferritina como biomarcador en pacientes hospitalizados con sospecha de COVID-19]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sprockel-Díaz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[John Jaime]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Chaves]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Walter Gabriel]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Diaztagle-Fernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan José]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luis Oswaldo]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Araque]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Edna Carolina]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital de San José  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá D.C]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud Faculty of Medicine ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá D.C]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Subred Integrada de Servicios de Salud del Sur  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá D.C]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Colombia  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá D.C]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af5">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Universitario Infantil de San José  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá D.C]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>71</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0120-00112023000100003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0120-00112023000100003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0120-00112023000100003&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Introduction: Due to the clinical heterogeneity of COVID-19, biomarkers must be used to confirm the disease's diagnosis and determine its prognosis.  Objective: To assess the performance of ferritin as a diagnostic biomarker in cases of suspected diagnosis of COVID-19 in inpatients and as a prognostic biomarker in those with a confirmed diagnosis.  Materials and methods: Multicenter, prospective, observational study conducted in 711 adult patients hospitalized between April and November 2020 in three quaternary care hospitals in Bogotá D.C., Colombia, due to suspected COVID-19. Based on ferritin levels on hospital admission, ROC curves were created for three outcomes: diagnosis, admission to the intensive care unit (ICU), and death. The operating characteristics of this biomarker were calculated for each outcome, and a multivariate analysis was carried out using a linear regression model to evaluate the association between ferritin levels and each outcome.  Results: COVID-19 diagnosis was confirmed in 592 patients, of whom 160 (27.02%) were admitted to the ICU and 107 (18.07%) died. The areas under the ROC curve (AUC) for diagnosis, ICU admission, and death were 0.67 (95%CI: 0.62-0.73), 0.58 (95%CI: 0.57-0.67), and 0.56 (95%CI: 0.50-0.63), respectively. In the bivariate analysis, ferritin levels were significantly associated with diagnosis (p=0.003) and admission to the ICU (p&lt;0.001), but not with mortality (p=0.326). In the multivariate analysis, ferritin was only significantly associated with admission to the ICU (p=0.009).  Conclusions: Ferritin showed poor and moderate performance as a prognostic and a diagnostic biomarker, respectively. Therefore, neither the diagnosis of patients with suspected COVID-19, nor the prognosis of those with a confirmed diagnosis can be determined based only on serum ferritin levels.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Introducción. La COVID-19 es una enfermedad en la que, debido a su heterogeneidad clínica, es necesario usar biomarcadores para confirmar su diagnóstico y establecer su pronóstico.  Objetivo. Evaluar el desempeño de la ferritina como biomarcador de diagnóstico en casos de sospecha diagnóstica de COVID-19 en pacientes hospitalizados y como biomarcador de pronóstico en aquellos con diagnóstico confirmado.  Materiales y métodos. Estudio observacional prospectivo multicéntrico realizado en 711 pacientes adultos hospitalizados entre abril y noviembre de 2020 en tres hospitales de cuarto nivel de Bogotá D.C., Colombia, por sospecha de COVID-19. Con base en los niveles de ferritina al ingreso a hospitalización se construyeron curvas ROC para tres desenlaces: diagnóstico, ingreso a unidad de cuidados intensivos (UCI) y muerte. Se calcularon las características operativas de este biomarcador para cada desenlace y se realizó un análisis multivariado mediante un modelo de regresión lineal para evaluar la asociación entre los niveles de ferritina y cada desenlace.  Resultados. El diagnóstico de COVID-19 se confirmó en 592 pacientes; de estos, 160 (27.02%) fueron trasladados a UCI y 107 (18.07%) fallecieron. Las áreas bajo la curva ROC (AUC) para diagnóstico, ingreso a UCI y muerte fueron 0.67 (IC95%: 0.62-0.73), 0.58 (IC95%: 0.57-0.67) y 0.56 (IC95%: 0.50-0.63), respectivamente. En el análisis bivariado los niveles de ferritina se asociaron significativamente con diagnóstico (p=0.003) e ingreso a UCI (p&lt;0.001), pero no con mortalidad (p=0.326). En el análisis multivariado la ferritina solo se asoció significativamente con ingreso a UCI (p=0.009).  Conclusiones. La ferritina mostró un desempeño pobre como biomarcador pronóstico y moderado como biomarcador diagnóstico. Por tanto, ni el diagnóstico de los pacientes con sospecha de COVID-19, ni el pronóstico de aquellos con un diagnóstico confirmado pueden determinarse únicamente a partir de los niveles séricos de ferritina.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Diagnosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Prognosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Ferritins]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Biomarkers (MeSH)]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Diagnóstico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Pronóstico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Ferritinas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Biomarcadores (DeCS)]]></kwd>
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