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. 2020 Sep 7;37:100756. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2020.100756

Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of patients and comparison of clinical and laboratory results before and after dornase alfa therapy

Case 1 Case 2 Case 3
Gender M F F
Age (years) 64 33 27
PCR Positive Positive Positive
Comorbidity Diabetes mellitus Breast cancer Critical
Disease presentation and course
Interval between admission and dornase alfa (days) 8 2 11
Treatments H, F H, F H, F
Clinical characteristics
Body temperature (°C)
 Before dornase alfa 36.3 38.3 37
 Day 1 post dornase alfa 37.1 37.3 37.4
 Day 2 post dornase alfa 36.7 37.2 36.6
 Day 3 post dornase alfa 36.3 36 36.4
Dyspnoea
 Before dornase alfa Yes Yes Yes
 Day 1 post dornase alfa No No Yes
 Day 2 post dornase alfa No No No
 Day 3 post dornase alfa No No No
Coughing
 Before dornase alfa Yes Yes Yes
 Day 1 post dornase alfa Yes Yes Yes
 Day 2 post dornase alfa No Yes No
 Day 3 post dornase alfa No No No
Respiratory rate
 Before dornase alfa 20 19 20
 Day 1 post dornase alfa 18 19 20
 Day 2 post dornase alfa 18 19 20
 Day 3 post dornase alfa 18 18 18
Spo2
 Before dornase alfa 95 96 (with oxygen) 91 (with oxygen)
 Day 1 post dornase alfa 97 96 95 (with oxygen)
 Day 2 post dornase alfa 97 96 97 (with oxygen)
 Day 3 post dornase alfa 97 97 99 (with oxygen)
C-reactive protein (mg/L)
 Before dornase alfa 9.1 5.6 16.4
 Day 1 post dornase alfa 9.1 2.9 12.4
 Day 2 post dornase alfa 7.3 1.9 11.9
 Day 3 post dornase alfa 5.9 1.3 6.1
Procalcitonin (ng/mL)
 Before dornase alfa 0.12 0.01 0.01
 Day 1 post dornase alfa 0.12 0.01 0.03
 Day 2 post dornase alfa 0.11 0.01 0.03
 Day 3 post dornase alfa 0.06 0.01 0.01

Abbreviations: Spo2, peripheral capillary oxygen saturation; H, hydroxychloroquine; F, favipiravir.