Characteristics and Unexpected COVID-19 Diagnoses in Resuscitation Room Patients during the COVID-19 Outbreak—A Retrospective Case Series

Table 2

Clinical characteristics of SARS-CoV-2-infected resuscitation room patients at admission.

Parameter/clinical feature	Patient #1	Patient #2	Patient #3	Patient #4	Patient #5
Grade of COVID-19 suspicion	High	High	Low	Low	Low
Age (years)	55	60	70	86	76
Sex	Female	Male	Male	Female	Male
Glasgow coma scale	15	15	10	13	7
SpO2 %	96	100	92	96	70
Respiratory rate/min	20	19	20	28	38
Temperature °C	38.5	38.7	37.2	36.4	36.7
Heart rate/min	87	85	80	57	70
Noninvasive blood pressure; Systolic	150	166	198	170	88
pO2 (arterial or capillary) mmHg	80.5 (arterial)	N/A	119 (arterial)	73.5 (arterial)	44.3 (arterial)
pCO2 (arterial/capillary/venous) mmHg	34.1 (arterial)	48.3 (venous)	25.4 (arterial)	38.6 (arterial)	61.8 (arterial)
Lactate (mmol/l)	0.8	1.5	3.6	1.4	1.8
Lactate dehydrogenase U/l	225	535	521	391	1164
Elevated D-dimers	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
D-dimers (mg/l)	0.59	0.9	35.2	4.88	2.09
White blood count	4120	9490	14300	17600	17940
Lymphopenia (count)	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
Lymphocyte count	1110	1100	580	890	3330
Lymphopenia (relative %)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Lymphocyte count %	64.4	11.6	4	5	18.6
CRP (mg/dl)	2.7	29.6	22.7	30.8	18.2
PCT (ng/ml)	0.02	0.17	1.03	0.94	0.11
Chest CT (CO-RADS)	4	4	5	2	3

SpO₂: pulse oxymetry; O₂: oxygen; CO₂: carbondioxide; 1st sample was hemolytic, value of second sample; CRP: C-reactive protein; PCT: procalcitonin; CT: computed tomography.