Table 3.
Initial presenting symptoms in the emergency department and initial lab reports.
| Total Number of Patients (N = 487) | Expired (N = 147) | Survived (N = 340) | p-Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symptoms in ED: | |||||
| Cough - no. % | 76 | 51.70% | 164 | 48.24% | 0.482 |
| Fever - no. % | 82 | 55.78% | 190 | 55.88% | 0.983 |
| Dyspnea - no. % | 106 | 72.11% | 189 | 55.59% | <0.001 |
| Initial positive CXR/CT findings - no. % | 121 | 82.31% | 223 | 65.59% | <0.001 |
| Initial lab values during presentation – (mean, median): | |||||
| WBC - 109/L | 14.0 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 7.3 | 0.001 |
| Albumin - g/L | 27 | 27 | 30 | 30 | <0.001 |
| Ferritin - μg/L | 1247.9 | 1017.0 | 916.5 | 626.0 | 0.001 |
| Procalcitonin - μg/L | 3.9 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 0.2 | <0.001 |
| IL-6 - pg/mL | 1200.9 | 245.6 | 162.6 | 56.4 | <0.001 |
| CRP - mg/L | 140.3 | 133.0 | 81.2 | 67.4 | <0.001 |
| Absolute lymphocytes - 109/L | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.9 | <0.001 |
| Highest absolute lymphocytes level - 109/L | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.3 | <0.001 |
| Lactic acid – mmol/L | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.5 | <0.001 |
| Highest lactic acid level – mmol/L | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 1.6 | <0.001 |
| LDH – U/L | 630.3 | 449.5 | 360.3 | 317.0 | <0.001 |
| Highest LDH Level – U/L | 645.5 | 464.0 | 373.0 | 322.5 | <0.001 |
ED - emergency department, CXR - chest x-ray, CT - computed tomography, IL-6 - interleukin-6, CRP - C-reactive protein, LDH - lactate dehydrogenase.