Table 1.
Summary of pertinent laboratory values with institutional normals
| Laboratory | Admission to the floor | 12 hours post-admission | 36 hours post-admission | Days 3–4 of admission, post-anakinra and post-remdesevir |
| CRP (<0.9 mg/dL) |
24.7 | 30.9 | 29.5 | 26.1 |
| ESR (<10 mm/hour) |
61 | 118 | ||
| Troponin (<0.034 ng/mL) |
<0.012 | <0.012 | 0.551 | 0.668 |
| Pro-BNP (<125 pg/mL) |
264 | 1420 | 7850 | 9500 |
| LDH (313–618 U/L) |
687 | 622 | 804 | 939 |
| Fibrinogen (195–515 mg/dL) |
623 | 534 | 769 | |
| Procalcitonin (<0.08 ng/mL) |
14.5 | 7.3 | ||
| Ferritin (<400 ng/mL) |
362 | 426 | 904 | |
| D-dimer (<0.49 µg/mL) |
2.7 | 3.1 | 5.3 | 4.4 |
By 24 hours of admission, when the patient clinically deteriorated, troponin and pro-BNP levels were significantly elevated.
CRP, C reactive protein; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; pro-BNP, pro-brain natriuretic peptide.