CRP and acute respiratory distress syndrome: This phase of hyperinflammation is mediated by increased levels of cytokines that cause a cascade of the severe inflammatory process throughout the body and can lead to complications like ARDS, multi-organ failure, and cardiopulmonary collapse.8,9 This study explored the relationship between these biomarkers and complications of COVID-19 and found that patients with high median values of CRP, ferritin, LDH, D-dimer, and procalcitonin were prone to develop the severe form of disease and development of ARDS.