- Patients’ characteristics: upper panel; symptoms and laboratory findings: lower panel.
| Characteristics | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Total number of patients (episodes) | 30 (31) |
| Age, year, median (IQR) | 63 (55-75) |
| Female | 17 (56 %) |
| BMI (kg/m2), median (IQR) | 28 (23-31) |
| Comorbidities | |
| Diabetes mellitus | 22 (73) |
| Hypertension | 29 (97) |
| Coronary artery disease | 14 (47) |
| Congestive heart failure | 11 (37) |
| Smoking | 1 (3) |
| Sickle cell disease | 2 (6) |
| History of malignancy | 6 (20) |
| COPD | 3 (10) |
| Symptoms and laboratory findings | |
| Admission symptoms | |
| Fever | 15 (48) |
| Cough | 16 (52) |
| Shortness of breath | 19 (61) |
| Loss of smell | 17 (55) |
| Admission hematologic markers median (IQR) | |
| Hemoglobin g/dL | 10.5 (8.5-11.5) |
| Neutrophil count 103 µl | 5 (3.3-5.2) |
| % Neutrophil | 69 (59-80) |
| Lymphocyte count 103 µl | 1.1 (0.8-1.4) |
| % lymphocyte | 18 (12-31) |
| Admission maximum inflammatory markers, median (IQR) | |
| CRP mg/L | 3.1 (1.4-7.4) |
| Ferritin ng/ml | 834 (594-1964) |
| BNP | 973 (117-1386) |
| D-Dimer | 2.0 (1.08-6.4) |
IQR: interquartile range, BMI: body mass index, COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CRP: C reactive protein, BNP: B-type natriuretic peptide, %: percentage