Table 3.
Laboratory findings of postoperative patients on COVID-19 onset.
| Median (IQR) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95% CI | Total (N = 34) | ICU (n = 15) | Non-ICU (n = 19) | P Valuea | |
| White blood cell count, × 109/L | 6.5–9.5 | 7·4 (4·7–10·0) | 8·5 (4·7–13·1) | 5·7 (4·6–8·1) | 0·049 |
| Neutrophil count, × 109/L | 4.8–7.8 | 5·1 (3·3–8·3) | 7·9 (4·1–10·7) | 4·1 (3·1–5·8) | 0·02 |
| Lymphocyte count, × 109/L | 0.6–1.2 | 0·7 (0·6–0·9) | 0·7 (0·5–0·9) | 0·7 (0·6–1·2) | 0·98 |
| <1.1, No. (%) | NA | 29 (85.3) | 14 (93.3) | 15 (78.9) | 0·35 |
| Monocyte count, × 109/L | −2.8–10.9 | 0·5 (0·4–0·8) | 0·6 (0·3–1·1) | 0·5 (0·4–0·7) | 0·32 |
| Platelet count, × 109/L | 162.7–226.6 | 190 (128–238) | 204 (123–237) | 187 (140–239) | 0·81 |
| Prothrombin time, s | 11.2–12.2 | 11·5 (10·6–12·4) | 11·4 (10·6–12·7) | 11.5 (10·6–12·3) | 0·62 |
| Activated partial thromboplastin time, s | 27.3–32.4 | 27·9 (25·8–31·9) | 28·0 (26·3–30·6) | 27·7 (25·4–32·2) | 0·75 |
| D-dimer, mg/L | −16.0–59.9 | 1·8 (0·6–2·8) | 1·9 (1·2–3·1) | 1·5 (0·4–2·9) | > 0·99 |
| Alanine aminotransferase, U/L | 22.2–37.2 | 21·5 (13·0–46·3) | 14·6 (13·0–41·9) | 23·0 (13·0–51·0) | 0·54 |
| Aspartate aminotransferase, U/L | 27.5–41.4 | 26·0 (20·3–55·7) | 23·0 (20·0–54·9) | 30·0 (20·4–61·0) | 0·49 |
| Total bilirubin, μmol/L | 1.9–43.0 | 9·9 (7·3–16·8) | 13·0 (9·1–19·2) | 8·1 (6·5–12·9) | 0·04 |
| Blood urea nitrogen, mmol/L | 4.5–10.0 | 4·5 (3·8–7·5) | 5·8 (4·9–10·3) | 4·0 (3·3–4·2) | 0·03 |
| Creatinine, μmol/L | 46.5–107.1 | 57·4 (46·6–64·0) | 63·0 (60·0–76·0) | 46·8 (42·0–57·0) | 0·049 |
| Lactate dehydrogenase, U/L | 194–221 | 209 (191–230) | 218 (188–230) | 207 (192–231) | 0·51 |
| Creatine kinase, U/L | 49–100 | 61(43–94) | 70 (47–163) | 61 (31–89) | 0·35 |
| C-reactive protein, mg/L | 29–69 | 30·3 (8·4–74·3) | 29·6 (12·5–86·6) | 24·8 (7·7–72·3) | 0·55 |
| Hypersensitive C-reactive protein, mg/L | 17.3–61.7 | 14·6 (5·3–47·8) | 16·0 (5·3–75·0) | 9·2 (4·7–21·3) | 0·72 |
| Procalcitonin, ng/mL, ≥ 0.1, No. (%) | NA | 19 (55·9) | 12 (80·0) | 7 (36·8) | 0·02 |
Abbreviations: ICU, intensive care unit; IQR, interquartile range; bpm, beats per minute; MAP, mean arterial pressure; CI, confidence interval; NA, not applicable.
P < 0·05 was considered statistically significant.
a
P values indicate differences between non-ICU and ICU patients.