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10 January 2022: Articles

A Report on the First 7 Sequential Patients Treated Within the C-Reactive Protein Apheresis in COVID (CACOV) Registry

Unusual clinical course, Unusual or unexpected effect of treatment

Christian Schumann * , Franz Heigl B , Imanuel J. Rohrbach B , Ahmed Sheriff A , Lutz Wagner B , Florian Wagner C , Jan Torzewski **

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.935263

Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e935263

Table 1. Patient characteristics.

PatientAgeSexConcomitant diseasesDuration of symptoms before hospital admission (d)Oxygen supply, intubation, ventilation duration (d)Hospital length of stay (d)PCR, C(t), mutation analysisAntibiotic therapyFurther issues
137FImmune deficiency, multiple sclerosisca. 215 (NIV)7SARS-CoV-2-VOC, C(t) 28.2, B.1.1.7 (Alpha)..COVID reactivation under Rituximab therapy
260MArterial hypertension, coronary heart disease, obesity, DM type II216 (NIV)15SARS-CoV-2-VOC, C(t) 25.8, B.1.617.2 (Delta)....
357MArterial hypertension, emphysema119 (NIV)9SARS-CoV-2-VOC, C(t) 31.5, B.1.617.2 (Delta)From d 1 to d 6..
454MArterial hypertension, obesity910 (NIV)9SARS-CoV-2, no mutation analysis....
557FCoronary heart disease, ischemic cardiomyopathy, allergic diathesis74 (intubation), 7 (NIV)21 (15-21: social reasons)SARS-CoV-2-VOC, C(t) 25.2, B.1.617.2 (Delta)From d 11 to d 17Secondary bacterial pneumonia (from d 11 onwards)
658M..08 (Intubation), 12 (NIV)21SARS-CoV-2-VOC, C(t) 19.9, B.1.617.2 (Delta)From d 3 to d 8 and from d 9 to d 21pneumonia, anxious depressive adjustment disorder under COVID pneumonia
743MSleep apnoea syndrome, arterial hypertension88 (NIV)8SARS-CoV-2-VOC, C(t) 28.2, B.1.617.2 (Delta)....
Table shows age, sex, concomitant diseases, respiratory supply, hospital length of stay, PCR, antibiotic therapy and further issues in our 7 patients. All patients had documented SARS-CoV-2-induced pneumonia and respiratory failure. DM – diabetes mellitus; C(t) – crossing threshold; PCR – polymerase chain reaction; SARS-CoV-2-VOC – severe-acute-respiratory-syndrome-coronavirus-2-variant of concern).

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American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923
American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923