ESC Journals
COVID-19 has infected the world on a wide spectrum, from mild to severe and causing death. As of January 1st 2021, global case fatality rate (CFR) was 2.2 % due to COVID-19. CFR in Kediri district is 7.7 %, higher than Nasional CFR which is only 3 %. A huge number of COVID-19 patients who had increased D-dimer level. This study aimed to determine the association of D-dimer with all-cause in-hospital mortality in COVID-19 patients.
This was a retrospective single center cross sectional study. A total of 185 COVID-19 patients aged
Elevated D-dimer level were associated statistically significant with all-cause in-hospital mortality. In our study, optimal cut of point D-dimer value was 2.5 µg/ml.