Table 2.
Clinical characteristics of SARS-CoV-2-infected resuscitation room patients at admission.
| Parameter/clinical feature | Patient #1 | Patient #2 | Patient #3 | Patient #4 | Patient #5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade of COVID-19 suspicion | High | High | Low | Low | Low |
| Age (years) | 55 | 60 | 70 | 86 | 76 |
| Sex | Female | Male | Male | Female | Male |
| Glasgow coma scale | 15 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 7 |
| SpO2 % | 96 | 100 | 92 | 96 | 70 |
| Respiratory rate/min | 20 | 19 | 20 | 28 | 38 |
| Temperature °C | 38.5 | 38.7 | 37.2 | 36.4 | 36.7 |
| Heart rate/min | 87 | 85 | 80 | 57 | 70 |
| Noninvasive blood pressure Systolic |
150 | 166 | 198 | 170 | 88 |
| pO2 (arterial or capillary) mmHg | 80.5 (arterial) | N/A | 119 (arterial) | 73.5 (arterial) | 44.3 (arterial) |
| pCO2 (arterial/capillary/venous) mmHg | 34.1 (arterial) | 48.3 (venous) | 25.4 (arterial) | 38.6 (arterial) | 61.8 (arterial) |
| Lactate (mmol/l) | 0.8 | 1.5 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| Lactate dehydrogenase U/l | 225 | 535 | 521 | 391 | 1164∗ |
| Elevated D-dimers | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| D-dimers (mg/l) | 0.59 | 0.9 | 35.2 | 4.88 | 2.09 |
| White blood count | 4120 | 9490 | 14300 | 17600 | 17940 |
| Lymphopenia (count) | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Lymphocyte count | 1110 | 1100 | 580 | 890 | 3330 |
| Lymphopenia (relative %) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Lymphocyte count % | 64.4 | 11.6 | 4 | 5 | 18.6 |
| CRP (mg/dl) | 2.7 | 29.6 | 22.7 | 30.8 | 18.2 |
| PCT (ng/ml) | 0.02 | 0.17 | 1.03 | 0.94 | 0.11 |
| Chest CT (CO-RADS) | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
SpO2: pulse oxymetry; O2: oxygen; CO2: carbondioxide; ∗1st sample was hemolytic, value of second sample; CRP: C-reactive protein; PCT: procalcitonin; CT: computed tomography.