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. 2024 Sep 12;16(9):e69294. doi: 10.7759/cureus.69294

Table 1. Inpatient laboratory results in a snapshot.

NP PCR: nasopharyneal polymerase chain reaction

Laboratory tests Normal values Day 1 Day 3 Day 4 - 7 Day 8 Discharge
1) White cell count 4,000–11,000/mL 3,000 2,530 14,300 3,190 17,320
2) Red cell count 4.3–5.6 million/mL 4.62 4.37 3.65 3.25 2.7
3) Hemoglobin 14–16 gm/dL 13.3 12.1 9.2 8.8 7.8
4) Neutrophil% 42.5–72% 90.6% 83% 93.4% 91% 76.8%
5) Lymphocyte% 21–51% 4.7% 14.6% 4.4% 8% 7.4%
6) Platelets 130,000–400,000/mL 99,000 50,000 81,000 17,000 124,000
7) Creatinine 0.5–1 mg/dL 4.2 7.1 2.3 2.3 1.69
8) Aspartate-aminotransferase (AST) <32 U/L 134 382 657 253 52
9) Alanine-aminotransferase (ALT) <35 U/L 49 87 120 100 138
10) Total bilirubin <1.6 mg/dL 1.2 4.3 5.6 6.1 1.03
11) International normalized ratio (INR) 0.8–1.2   1.6     1.1
12) C-reactive protein (CRP) <1 mg/dL 44.71     3.56  
13) Coronavirus disease-2019 NP PCR Negative Negative        
14) D-dimer <500 ng/mL > 8,000        
15) Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) 00–30 mm/Hr 15     1  
16) Ferritin 11.1–264 ng/mL   > 50,000 15,200 8,850 10,160
17) Fibrinogen 169–444 mg/dL       60  
18) Soluble interleukin 2 receptor (sIL-2R) 175.3–858.2 pg/mL   12,168   2381.6  
19) Lactic acid 0.5–2.2 mmol/L 3.3 4.9 3.6 2.1  
20) Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) 313–618 U/L 2293   9967 4127  
21) NT-pro BNP (N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide) <300 pg/mL 3450        
22) Natural killer cell functional assay >1       0.0 19.3
23) Procalcitonin (PCT) <0.10 ng/mL 38.61   4.54 1.96  
24) Triglycerides <150 mg/dL       1104  
25)HIV serology [Human immunodeficiency virus] Negative Negative