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. 2022 Jan 11;69(1):34–42. doi: 10.1016/j.redare.2021.03.006

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics, symptoms, results of RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2, and outcome.

Demographics, history, prior treatment Symptoms at onset First symptom until RT-PCR +a First symptom until RT-PCR–a Time from first symptom to hospital/ICU admissiona ICU staya Hospital staya Final physical/psychological outcome
Patient 1 64 years old, male, 82 kg, 176 cm, high blood pressure, dyslipidaemia, amlodipine, telmisartan, omeprazole Fever, malaise, muscle aches, headache, diarrhoea, dyspnoea, vomiting, asthenia, dizziness, vertigo 9 30 10/10 11 44 Microthrombi in pulmonary arteries requiring therapeutic doses of LMWH, weight loss, fatigue/severe malaise, PTDSb
Patient 2 63 years old, male, 65 kg, 172 cm, high blood pressure, dyslipidaemia, asthma, amlodipine, atorvastatin, prednisone, budesonide, formoterol Fever, dry cough, asthenia, fatigue, dyspnoea, palpitations, dizziness, vertigo 7 23 9/11 17 30 Weight loss, palpitations, fatigue, insomnia/severe malaise, PTDSb
Quetiapine
Patient 3 61 years old, female, 65 kg, 158 cm, osteoporosis, vitamin D Fever, malaise, headache, diarrhoea, nausea, mild dizziness (all of short duration), anosmia, ageusia 5 20 NA 23 NA No sequelae
Patient 4 57 years old, female, 70 kg, 160 cm, occasional smoker, hypothyroidism, levothyroxine Fever, anosmia, ageusia NA NA NA 36 NA No sequelae
Patient 5 63 years old, male, 90 kg, 160 cm, high blood pressure, losartan, atorvastatin Cough, fever, malaise 10 23 10/10 61 NA Tracheostomy, bilateral pneumothorax, thoracotomy, death
Patient 6 74 years old, male, high blood pressure., pulmonary embolism, dyslipidaemia, candesartan, hydrochlorothiazide, allopurinol Cough, fever, dizziness, myalgia 7 NAc 7/10 60 NA Tracheostomy, death

Patients 1 and 3 and patients 2 and 4 were couples, patients 5 and 6 died in the ICU.

LMWH: low molecular weight heparin; NA: not applicable; PTDS: post-traumatic distress syndrome; RT-PCR: reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction.

a

In days.

b

See text for additional explanation.

c

Remained positive until death.