Blood Test20 Jan 2022 11:24
It would be nice to know if this Novacyt.
Blood test could identify odds of survival for critically ill Covid patients
This was covered in the Daily Mirror
Professor John Oxford (Emeritus)
Doctors caring for patients suffering with Covid will soon be able to predict who is most likely to die, thanks to a new blood test which has been developed.
The test, taken from a critically ill patient, is analysed by AI which identifies 14 proteins in the blood associated with survival.
Professor John Oxford, from Queen Mary University of London, said the new blood test could help doctors decide the next course of treatment, such as whether to give antiviral drugs.
He added: “It would be excellent if there were any testing system that could harden up prognosis and give real data on how serious this could be for that particular individual.”