Procalcitonin as a predictive marker in COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Amit Kumar ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Amit Kumar, Era Karn, Anupa Prasad

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India

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• Era Karn ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Amit Kumar, Era Karn, Anupa Prasad

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Patna University, Bihar, India

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• Kiran Trivedi ,

  Roles Investigation, Visualization

  ¶‡ KT, PK, GC, AK, PP, MM, JP, PGS and KP also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India

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• Pramod Kumar ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ KT, PK, GC, AK, PP, MM, JP, PGS and KP also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5449-1816

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• Ganesh Chauhan ,

  Roles Investigation, Visualization

  ¶‡ KT, PK, GC, AK, PP, MM, JP, PGS and KP also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Genetics and Genomics, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India

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• Aradhana Kumari ,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ KT, PK, GC, AK, PP, MM, JP, PGS and KP also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India

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• Pragya Pant ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ KT, PK, GC, AK, PP, MM, JP, PGS and KP also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India

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• Murali Munisamy ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ KT, PK, GC, AK, PP, MM, JP, PGS and KP also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Translational Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, India

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• Jay Prakash ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ KT, PK, GC, AK, PP, MM, JP, PGS and KP also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Critical Care, Trauma Centre, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India

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• Prattay Guha Sarkar ,

  Roles Investigation, Visualization

  ¶‡ KT, PK, GC, AK, PP, MM, JP, PGS and KP also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India

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• Kameshwar Prasad ,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ KT, PK, GC, AK, PP, MM, JP, PGS and KP also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India

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• Anupa Prasad

  Contributed equally to this work with: Amit Kumar, Era Karn, Anupa Prasad

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: anupaprasad651@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9087-8364

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