Table 4 Clinical features and laboratory results before and after convalescent plasma transfusion

From: The efficacy assessment of convalescent plasma therapy for COVID-19 patients: a multi-center case series

 

After CP transfusion

Before CP transfusion

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Clinical characteristics

 Body temperature, °C

36.5 (36.3–36.6)

36.6 (36.2–36.9)

36.6 (36.3–36.9)

36.6 (36.3–36.8)

36.5 (36.3–36.8)

36.4 (36.3–37.1)

 Respiratory rate, per min

19.5 (19.0–25.5)

21.0 (20.0–23.5)

20.5 (20.0–21.0)

21.5 (19.0–22.0)

20.0 (19.3–21.8)

20.0 (19.0–25.0)

 Heart rate

77.5 (64.0–92.5)

81.0 (72.0–87.8)

78.0 (62.5–88.0)

84.5 (73.3–91.5)

87.0 (79.8–89.8)

100.0 (81.5–121.5)

 Systolic pressure

118.0 (105.0–129.0)

112.5 (106.8–119.5)

116.0 (114.5–128.0)

116.5 (109.0–123.3)

108.0 (106.0–116.0)

118.0 (109.5–125.8)

 PaO2/FiO2 (normal range, 400–500 mmHg)

259.0 (163.0–283.0)

312.0 (246.0–409.0)

318.0 (279.5–416.0)

225.0 (194.5–444.5)

290.0 (196.0–493.5)

326.0 (215.3–556.0)

Laboratory results

 WBC count × 109/L (normal range, 3.5–9.5)

7.5 (5.5–8.4)

8.3 (7.0–9.2)

7.4 (5.5–7.9)

6.6 (5.5–9.9)

6.7 (5.8–10.9)

7.9 (5.6–13.2)

 NE count × 109/L (normal range, 1.8–6.3)

6.1 (4.4–7.3)

6.9 (4.5–8.4)

5.7 (4.7–6.9)

5.0 (4.2–8.4)

4.5 (3.5–9.0)

6.0 (3.5–11.8)

 LY count × 109/L (normal range, 1.1–3.2)

0.4 (0.2–1.5)

0.7 (0.3–1.2)

0.8 (0.2–1.2)

0.8 (0.4–1.3)

1.1 (0.5–1.5)

1.1 (0.7–1.4)

 CRP, mg/L (normal range, <8)

10.9 (7.7–94.0)

11.7 (8.1–51.4)

41.7 (9.5–66.8)

24.9 (6.3–107.4)

24.1 (6.1–95.2)

41.9 (5.0–58.1)

 PCT, ng/mL (normal range, <0.1)

0.15 (0.06–0.38)

0.09 (0.05–0.18)

0.05 (0.05–0.13)

0.04 (0.03–0.12)

0.04 (0.01–0.09)

0.01 (0.01–0.11)

 IL-2, pg/mL (normal range, 0–5.71)

1.1 (0.6–1.6)

0.9 (0.6–0.9)

0.8 (0.6–3.6)

1.3 (1.0–2.1)

0.5 (0.4–1.3)

1.0 (0.5–2.7)

 IL-4, pg/mL (normal range, 0–2.80)

1.6 (0.7–2.1)

0.5 (0.3–2.4)

1.4 (0.7–3.3)

1.5 (0.4–2.2)

0.4 (0.2–1.1)

0.7 (0.6–5.1)

 IL-6, pg/mL (normal range, 0–5.30)

7.8 (1.8–26.8)

10.5 (1.1–12.8)

12.7 (5.1–32.8)

11.6 (4.3–68.0)

23.6 (4.3–58.3)

6.6 (5.5–35.6)

 IL-10, pg/mL (normal range, 0–4.91)

3.1 (2.6–3.7)

3.3 (2.3–10.9)

3.6 (2.5–6.9)

3.6 (3.5–3.7)

3.5 (2.7–3.9)

3.8 (3.3–4.1)

 IL-17A, pg/mL (normal range, 0–20.60)

8.2 (0.7–17.0)

1.5 (0.7–8.3)

1.5 (0.0–24.5)

14.0 (3.4–26.7)

8.2 (0.0–12.7)

12.3 (1.5–52.0)

 TNF-α, pg/mL (normal range, 0–2.31)

3.3 (0.6–3.7)

1.5 (1.3–5.5)

3.2 (1.2–5.8)

2.4 (1.2–4.6)

1.2 (0.9–2.1)

2.3 (1.4–5.8)

 IFN-γ, pg/mL (normal range, 0–7.42)

1.4 (1.3–2.8)

2.7 (1.0–4.7)

1.5 (1.1–3.7)

2.3 (1.3–3.6)

1.3 (1.0–2.4)

2.2 (0.6–4.4)

 IL-6/IL-10

1.4 (0.6–4.0)

0.7 (0.3–1.4)

4.2 (2.0–13.3)

2.3 (1.2–10.1)

NA

1.7 (1.5–4.2)

 IL-6/IL-4

4.5 (2.0–4.7)

12.4 (5.6–19.7)

9.6 (3.7–46.9)

19.3 (4.3–50.3)

NA

9.5 (6.9–20.9)

 ALT, μ/L (normol range, 5–40)

21.1 (14.3–47.0)

22.0 (17.0–49.5)

22.0 (14.5–49.1)

23.0 (18.0–51.7)

20.4 (15.8–40.2)

27.8 (14.0–65.0)

 AST, μ/L (normol range, 13–35)

20.2 (16.3–30.8)

19.0 (16.4–25.0)

18.0 (15.5–30.3)

18.0 (16.0–32.3)

17.0 (15.3–24.0)

18.4 (14.0–33.6)

 TBIL, μmol/L (normal range, 0–26)

17.5 (7.1–24.7)

10.4 (6.6–15.4)

10.4 (5.8–15.8)

12.0 (9.2–14.2)

10.4 (6.3–16.6)

10.8 (9.6–24.6)

 PT, second (normal range, 11–14)

11.3 (10.6–12.4)

11.3 (10.1–13.3)

10.6 (9.5–12.9)

10.4 (9.6–13.9)

10.5 (9.6–13.4)

10.9 (10.1–12.9)

 D-dimer, mg/mL (normal range, 0–0.05)

1.2 (0.5–4.0)

1.0 (0.4–5.7)

0.9 (0.6–5.3)

0.8 (0.6–5.4)

1.1 (0.6–4.2)

1.2 (0.8–3.3)

  1. Data are indicated as median (IQR)
  2. CP convalescent plasma, WBC white blood cell, NE neutrophil, LY lymphocyte, CRP C-reactive protein, PCT Procalcitonin, IL interleukin, TNF tumor necrosis factor, IFN interferon, ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate aminotransferase, PT prothrombin time, NA not applicable