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. 2021 Oct 10;75(12):e14930. doi: 10.1111/ijcp.14930

TABLE 1.

Studies depicting presentation and lab values, specifically D‐dimer and LDH values, of COVID‐19 patients

Reference Author Year of publication Type of study n SARSCoV2 status Age (years) Presenting symptoms d‐dimer LDH
4 Kaur P et al 2020 Case report 1 Positive 43 Shortness of breath and acute right leg pain >20 (reference: <0.5) 718 U/L (reference: 140‐271 U/L)
5 Singh B et al 2020 Case report 1 Positive 77 Shortness of breath and pain, discoloration, and swelling of the left leg 2.77 (reference: <0.5) 392 U/L (reference: 140‐271 U/L)
7 Wang D et al 2020 Retrospective single‐centre case series 138 Positive 56 (mean age) Fever, fatigue, and dry cough 203 U/L (125‐243) [IQR] 261 U/L [125‐243] [IQR]
8 Guan W et al 2020 Retrospective cohort study 1099 Positive 47 (mean age) Fever and cough, diarrhoea No of patients with d‐dimer ≥0.5 mg/L ‐ 46.4% a No of patients with LDH ≥250 U/L ‐ 41.0%
9 Pan L et al 2020 Descriptive, cross‐sectional, multicentre study 204 Positive 52.9 (mean age) Digestive manifestations, including lack of appetite, diarrhoea, vomiting, and abdominal pain N/A N/A
10 Cheung KS et al 2020 Systematic review and meta‐analysis 59 Positive 58.5 (mean age) Fever, cough, dyspnoea, diarrhoea, vomiting, abdominal pain/discomfort N/A N/A
12 Han C et al 2020 Retrospective cohort study 206 Positive 62.5 (mean age) Diarrhoea N/A N/A
13 Mao R et al 2020 Systematic review and meta‐analysis 6064 Positive N/A Nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, loss of appetite, abdominal pain, fever N/A N/A
14 Noda S et al 2021 Case report 1 Positive 17 Abdominal pain, vomiting and fever 2.2 mcg/mL, normal ≤0.5 mcg/mL N/A
15 Laski D et al 2021 Case report 1 Positive 39 Fever, pain in upper abdomen, nausea, vomiting N/A N/A
16 Zeng W et al 2021 Systematic review 5285 Positive N/A Diarrhoea, abdominal pain N/A N/A
17 Chen N et al 2020 Retrospective, single‐centre study 99 Positive 55.5 (mean age) Fever, cough, shortness of breath. Muscle ache, diarrhoea 0.9 (normal range 0.0‐1.5) 336.0 (normal range 120.0‐250.0)
18 Kim JY et al 2020 Case report 1 Positive 35 Fever, chills, myalgia N/A 561 U/L (highest value recorded)
19 Tang A et al 2020 Case report 1 Positive 10 Asymptomatic N/A N/A
22 Singh B et al 2021 Systematic review 13 Positive 56 (mean age) Nausea, vomiting, fever, abdominal pain N/A N/A
23 Rodriguez‐Nakamura RM et al 2020 Case report and literature review 2 Positive 43.5 (mean age) Case 1 ‐ Severe gastric pain Case 1 ‐ 1450 mcg/L N/A
Case 2 ‐ spontaneous abdominal pain Case 2 – 14 407 mcg/L
25 Ignat M et al 2020 Case series 3 Positive 50.3 (mean age) Case 1 ‐ Abdominal pain N/A N/A
Case 2,3 ‐ ARDS
26 Paul T et al 2021 Case report 1 Positive 66 Fever, cough, loss of smell and taste N/A N/A
27 Swami GA et al 2021 Case report 1 Positive 54 Fever, cough 1245 ng/mL (normal ‐ <250 ng/mL) 745 IU/L (n = 50‐250)
28 Calcagno E‌ et al 2021 Case report 1 Positive 36 Abdominal pain N/A N/A
32 Holleb P et al 2021 Case report 1 Positive 54 Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhoea N/A N/A
34 Gartland M et al 2020 Case report 1 Positive 47 Fever, shortness of breath N/A N/A
35 JHQ Pang et al 2020 Case report 1 Positive 30 Abdominal pain associated with vomiting d‐dimer >20.0 μg/mL N/A
36 Al Argan RJ et al 2021 Case series 3 Positive 59.33(mean age) Case 1 ‐ Dry cough and fever Case 1 ‐ 0.6 Case 1 ‐ 434
Case 2 ‐ Shortness of breath Case 2 ‐ 0.41 Case 2 ‐ 442
Case 3 ‐ Abdominal pain Case 3 ‐ 1.66 (Normal ‐ ≤0.5 μg/mL) Case 3 ‐ 617 (Normal ‐ (81‐234) U/L)
37 Varshney R et al 2021 Case report 1 Positive 50 Abdominal pain and constipation N/A N/A
38 Drakos, P. et al 2021 retrospective cohort study 218 Positive 59.8 (mean age) Listed as acute gastrointestinal injury Increased based on grading of acute gastrointestinal injury N/A
33 Cheung S et al 2020 Case report 1 Positive 55 Nausea, vomiting, generalised abdominal pain 3.4 nmol/L N/A
39 Krothapalli N et al 2021 Case report 1 Positive 76 Shortness of breath 2159 ng/L (normal ‐ <250 ng/mL) N/A
40 Bannazadeh M et al 2021 Case report 1 Positive 55 Severe abdominal pain 2400 ng/L (normal ‐ <250 ng/mL) N/A
41 Alharthy A et al 2020 Case report 1 Positive 54 Fever, cough, dyspnea, diarrhoea 4.1 μg/mL; reference range, 0 to 0.5 μg/mL 997 U/L; reference range, 100‐190 U/L)
43 Tang N et al 2020 Retrospective cohort study 449 Positive 65.1 (mean age) Diarrhoea, acute abdomen 1.94 Reference ‐ 0 to 0.5 μg/mL) N/A
44 Dinoto E et al 2021 Case report 1 positive 84 Acute abdomen 6937 ng/mL (normal ‐ <250 ng/mL) 431 U/L (n = 50‐250)
45 Balani P et al 2021 Case report 1 Positive 37 Abdominal pain, vomiting 3.1 Reference ‐ 0 to 0.5 μg/mL N/A
47 Shaikh DH et al 2021 Case report 1 Positive 73 Acute abdomen, distension of abdomen 2757 (normal ‐ <250 ng/mL) 236 (normal = 50‐250)

Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range; n, no. of patients; N/A, not available.

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No./total no. (%).