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. 2020 Jul 20;117(29-30):500–506. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2020.0500

Table 2. Clinicopathological features of the autopsy cohort of 13 patients who were positive for SARS-CoV-2.

Patient 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Age 41 78 80 81 90 84 79 82 60 71 76 76 72
Sex m m m f f m m m m m f m m
Body-mass index 29.0 23.4 23.2 30.0 28.2 26.2 26.3 24.4 27.8 24.3 20.7 27.1 36.5
NIcotine abuse n. b. Ø Ø n. b. n. b. n. b. Ø Z. n. n. b. Ø n. b. n. b. Z. n.
Comorbidity FLD Ø S/p PCA (2004) AH, COPD, MetS AH, DM, MetS, CRF CHD AH, DM, CHD, DCMP AH, COPD, CHD AH, AS CHD AH, DM AH, DM, CHD AH, DM, CHD, MetS, CRF
Duration of disease (days) 12 16 7 6 12 22 23 32 27 34 33 40 32
Time to diagnosis (days) 11 0 6 4 2 13 14 1 0 3 0 7 10
Length of hospital stay (days) 2 12 1 3 10 9 9 28 27 30 24 33 19
Pathogens revealed by BAL Ø Ps. ae. Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Ps. ae. Ø Ø Ø Ø Ps. ae.
Mechanical ventilation (days) refused 12 Ø refused refused 7 8 6 20 15 24 31 22
Drug treatment AB AB, IMT, FH Ø AB, IMT AB, IMT AB, IMT, FH AB, IMT, FH AB, IMT, PA AB, IMT, PA, TNFi AB, AV, IMT, FH AB, IMT, FH AB, AV, IMT, VH AB, AV, IMT, VH
D-dimers (< 0.5 mg/l) n.a. >35 n.a. >35 6.03 > 35 > 35 1.17 15.3 19.9 5.07 21.6 3.41
Cause of death CPF PF CPF CPF CPF PF PF IB PF PF PF CPF PF

AB, antibiotics (piperacillin/tazobactam/caspofungin); AH, arterial hypertension; AS, ankylosing spondylitis (Bekhterev’s disease); AV, antiviral therapy (aciclovir); BAL, bronchioalveolar lavage; CHD, coronary heart disease; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CPF, cardiopulmonary failure; CRF, chronic renal failure; DCMP, dilated cardiomyopathy; DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus; f, female; FH, full heparainization (1 000 IU heparin/h); FLD, fatty liver disease; IB, intestinal bleed; IMT, immune-modulating treatment (hydroxychloroquine/maraviroc); MetS, metabolic syndrome; m, male; n. a., data not availablet; PA, prophylactic anticoagulation (enoxaparin 40 mg b.i.d.); PCA, prostatic carcinoma; PF, pulmonary failure; Ps. ae., Pseudomonas aeruginosa; S/p, status post; TNFi,anti-tumor necrosis factor α antibodies (golimumab).