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. 2020 Jul 17;35(7):1250–1261. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfaa154

Table 4.

Kidney transplant recipients with Covid-19: admission vitals and laboratory values in hospitalized patients

Characteristics All hospitalized (N = 39) Severe illness (n = 13) Moderate illness (n = 26)
Admission vitals
 Temperature (°C) 37.7 (37.1–38.2) 37.7 (37.2–37.8) 37.7 (37.1–38.3)
 Oxygen saturation 93 (89–96) 90 (85–92) 95 (92–98)
 Respiratory rate 20 (18–23) 21 (18–26) 18 (18–20)
 Heart rate 94 (81–107) 97 (83–105) 94 (83–107)
 Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 128 (114–141) 120 (110–144) 131 (120–138)
Respiratory support, n (%)
Nasal cannula 14 (36) 0 (0) 14 (54)
100% nonrebreather mask 2 (5) 2 (17) 0 (0)
Ventilation 11 (28) 11 (85) 0 (0)
Laboratory values
Creatinine (mg/dL), mean ± SD 2.6 ± 2.3 2.9 ± 3.1 2.5 ± 1.8
AKI,an (%) 20 (51) 7 (54) 13 (50)
White blood cell countb (×103/μL) 5.7 (3.6–8) 5.6 (4.3–9.6) 6.1(3.3–7.5)
% lymphoctyesb 11.4 (6.6–17.1) 10.8 (5–14.4) 11.9 (8–17.1)
Absolute lymphocyte countb (×103/μL) 0.6 (0.3–1.0) 0.5 (0.3–0.9) 0.7 (0.4–1.0)
Albumin, g/dLb 3.1 (2.7–3.6) 2.8 (2.7–3.6) 3.2 (3.0–3.5)
C-reactive protein, mg/dLb 11.4 (5.3–30.2) 16.5 (13.2–18.6) 10.1 (5.3–32.5)
Procalcitonin, ng/mLb 0.3 (0.1––0.6) 0.6 (0.3–0.9) 0.2 (0.1–0.4)
D-dimer, ng/mLb 394 (278–589) 506 (456–705) 350 (259–405)
Ferritin, ng/mLb 1498 (383–2646) 1152 (644–2041) 1844 (316–2597)
IL-6, pg/mLb 8 (4.5–92) 170 (92–219) 4.5 (4–7.3)
a

Values presented as median (IQR) unless stated otherwise.

AKI as defined by absolute creatinine increase of ≥0.5 mg/dL or 30% increase from baseline creatinine.

b

Data based on the following numbers of patients: creatinine, white blood cell and lymphocyte count, n = 37; procalcitonin, n = 35; albumin, n = 34; C-reactive protein, n = 29; ferritin, n = 28; d-dimer, n = 26; IL-6, n = 9.