Table 1 The relation between SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR result with laboratory and radiological findings
From: The footprint of SARS-COV-2 infection in neonatal late sepsis
Variable | COVID-19 PCR Results | P-Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | Negative | |||||
Frequency | percent | Frequency | Percent | |||
Sodium | Hyponatremia | 5 | 17.2 | 24 | 82.8 | 0.14 |
Normal (135–145 mEq/L) | 36 | 31 | 80 | 69 | ||
Potassium | Hyperkalemia | 1 | 11.1 | 8 | 88.9 | 0.44 |
Normal (3.9–5.9 mEq/L) | 40 | 29.4 | 96 | 70.6 | ||
Calcium | Hypocalcemia | 8 | 27.6 | 21 | 71.4 | 0.92 |
Normal (8.5 to 10.2 mg/dL) | 33 | 28.4 | 83 | 71.6 | ||
WBC | Leukocytosis | 6 | 40 | 9 | 60 | 0.37 |
Leucopenia | 2 | 15.4 | 11 | 84.6 | ||
Normal (4.5 to 11.0 × 109/L) | 33 | 28.2 | 84 | 71.8 | ||
hematocrit | Low | 1 | 6.7 | 14 | 93.3 | 0.067 |
Normal | 40 | 30.8 | 90 | 69.2 | ||
Platelet | Thrombocytosis | 4 | 20 | 16 | 80 | 0.65 |
Thrombocytopenia | 4 | 26.7 | 11 | 73.3 | ||
Normal (150–450 109/L) | 33 | 30 | 77 | 70 | ||
Radiological changed | Reticulonodular | 27 | 65.9 | 33 | 31.7 | 0.001< |
Consolidation | 2 | 4.9 | 13 | 12.5 | ||
Pleural effusion | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10.6 | ||
Diffuse infiltration | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9.2 | ||
Patchy infiltration | 11 | 28.6 | 21 | 20.2 | ||
Normal | 1 | 2.4 | 23 | 22.1 | ||
Variable | median | IQR | median | IQR | P-Value | |
CRP (mg/dl) | 10 | 1.45 to 16 | 10 | 2.35 to 21 | 0.75 | |