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. 2021 Aug 24;26:e01256. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01256

Table 1.

Clinical presentations and laboratory values of the patients described in the literature with COVID associated TTP.

Albiol et al. ALtowyan et al. Beaulieu et al. Hindilerden et al. Marco et al. Nicolotti et al.
Clinical presentation Age (Years) 57 39 70 74 55 44
Gender F M M F F F
Fever Yes No No No No No
CNSa No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
O2 requirement No No No NAb HFNCc 15 L/min 35% O2
Time of TTPd diagnosis since COVID-19 detection 9 days Same day 19 days Same day 1 Month 2 days
History of TMAe No No No No Yes No
Laboratory values at presentation Hemoglobin 9.9 g/dL 6.7 g/dL 6 g/dL 6.6 g/dL 7.4 g/dL 6 g/dL
Platelet 22 × 109/L 6 × 109/L 18 × 109/L 48 × 109/L 14 × 109/L 7 × 109/L
Serum Creatinine 0.8 mg/dL 0.87 mg/dL Normal (Level NA) NA 3.18 mg/dL 2.3 mg/dL
Schistocyte count (%) 6% 9% NA NA NA NA
PLASMIC score NA 6 NA NA NA NA
ADAMTS13 activity 2% NA <10% 0.2% Undetectable <5%
ADAMTS 13 inhibitor 5.2 BU NA Weakly positive (1/2 titer) >90 U/ml 31 U/ml 57 U/ml
Treatment Recovery Complete Complete but prolonged Complete Complete Complete but prolonged Complete but prolonged
Treatment FFPf + PLEXg Methylprednisolone, PLEX and Rituximab Methylprednisolone and PLEX Methylprednisolone and PLEX FFP → steroids + PLEX and Caplacizumab FFP → Methylprednisolone, PLEX and Rituximab → Caplacizumab
a

Central nervous system.

b

Not available.

c

High flow nasal canula.

d

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.

e

Thrombotic microangiopathy.

f

Fresh frozen plasma.

g

Plasma exchange.