[The survival prediction of hospitalized patients with COVID-19: the role of chitotriosidase level in peripheral blood].

Aim: To assess the relationship between plasma chitotiosidase (CHIT) level and mortality in hospitalized patients with COVID-19.

Materials And Methods: 347 hospitalized patients with COVID-19 were enrolled in our single-center cohort prospective observational study. On the first day of hospitalization the patients were assessed by the level of CHIT in the venosus blood to addition to default laboratory examinations.