Table 3.

List of laboratory test recommended for adult patients with common clinical indications associated with COVID-19 tests (Lippi and Plebani, 2020a, Lippi and Plebani, 2020b, Ruan et al., 2020).

Sr. No	Recommended Laboratory Tests	Observed abnormalities in patient (associated to COVID-19 progression)	Clinical observations
1	Complete blood count	Elevated white blood cell Elevated neutrophil count Lowered lymphocyte count Lowered platelet count	Bacteraemia Bacteraemia Loss of immune response Abnormal blood coagulation
2	Serum Albumin	Lowered	ill-fated liver function
3	Serum LDH (Lactate Dehydrogenase)	Elevated	Pulmonary injury and/or widespread organ damage
4	Serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT)	Elevated	Extensive organ damage/ill-fated liver function
5	Serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT)	Elevated	Extensive organ damage/ill-fated liver function
6	Total bilirubin	Elevated	Liver trauma
7	Creatinine	Elevated	Kidney trauma
8	Cardiac troponin	Elevated	Cardiac trauma
9	D-Dimer	Elevated	Abnormal blood coagulation, distributed coagulopathy
10	Prothrombin Time	Elevated	Abnormal blood coagulation, distributed coagulopathy
	Procalcitonin	Elevated	Bacteraemia
11	C-reactive protein	Elevated	Severe viral infection
12	Ferritin	Elevated	Serious inflammation
13	Cytokines (IL-6)	Elevated	Syndrome associated to “cytokine storm”