Table 3.
Laboratory findings during COVID-19 course
| Characteristics | All patients (n = 44) |
WHO score (2–4) |
WHO score = 5 |
WHO score ≥ 6 |
P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No oxygen (n = 11, 25%) |
O2 ≤ 6 l/min (n = 14, 31.8%) |
O2 ≥ 9 l/min (n = 19, 43.2%) |
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| Biochemical parameters | |||||
| Hyponatremia < 135 mmol/l | 18 (41.9) | 3 (27.3) | 3 (21.4) | 12 (66.7) | 0.02 |
| Metabolic acidosis <21 mmol/l | 230 (53.5) | 2 (18.2) | 6 (42.9) | 15 (83.3) | 0.002 |
| Low albumin level ≤ 20 g/l | 6 (15.0) | 1 (12.5) | 1 (7.1) | 4 (22.2) | ns |
| LDH > 2N | 14 (31.8) | 1 (9.1) | 3 (21.4) | 10 (52.6) | 0.03 |
| Ferritin level > 1000 | 31 (70.5) | 8 (72.7) | 9 (64.3) | 14 (73.7) | ns |
| CRP level > 175 mg/l | 23 (52.3) | 1 (9.1) | 6 (42.9) | 16 (84.2) | <0.001 |
| Fibrinogen level > 5 g/l | 34 (77.3) | 5 (45.5) | 10 (71.4) | 19 (100) | 0.002 |
| D-dimer level > 2000 UI/l | 25 (56.8) | 4 (36.4) | 8 (57.1) | 13 (68.4) | ns |
| Hematological parameters | |||||
| Anemia < 10 g/dl | 34 (77.3) | 4 (36.4) | 13 (92.9) | 17 (89.5) | 0.001 |
| Thrombopenia < 120 g/l | 16 (34.9) | 1 (9.1) | 6 (42.9) | 9 (47.4) | 0.09 |
| Lymphopenia < 0.5 g/l | 24 (54.5) | 2 (18.2) | 7 (50.0) | 15 (78.9) | 0.005 |
| Neutrophilia > 12 g/l | 11 (25.0) | 0 (0) | 3 (21.4) | 8 (42.1) | 0.04 |
COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; CRP, C-reactive protein; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; min, minimal; ns, nonsignificant P value; WHO, World Health Organization.
Data are n (%) or median (interquartile range).