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Table 1 Laboratory findings of the patient before and after treatment with methylprednisolone

From: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in a pregnant women with treatment resistance thrombocytopenic purpura with and suspicion to HELLP syndrome: a case report

Variable Before MP HD 1 * HD 9 ⁑ HD 13 ⁑* HD 17 ⁑⁑
White-cell count (per mL) 9040 10,500 9290 8200 9000
Absolute lymphocyte count (per mL) 361 (4%) 1575 (15%) 650 (7%) 820 (10%) 1440 (16%)
Absolute neutrophil count, (per mL) 8226 (91%) 8505 (81%) 8268 (89%) 7134 (87%) 7470 (83%)
Platelet count× 103 (per mL) 6➔62 56 6➔┼┼105 75 71
Hemoglobin (gr/dL) 11.2 11.6 10.4 9.3 11.5
Hematocrit (%) 34 35 31.3 29.3 36.4
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (mm/h) 57 N/A N/A N/A N/A
C-reactive protein (mg/L) N/A 30 N/A N/A N/A
Creatinine (mg/dL) 0.72 0.64 0.64 0.64 0.4
Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL) 9 16 14 26 12
Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L) 53 N/A 346 1173 133
Alanine aminotransferase (U/L) 65 N/A 477 2030 800
Lactate dehydrogenase (U/L) 430 N/A 971 1301 546
  1. MP Methylprednisolone pulse, HD Hospital day, N/A Not applicable
  2. ┼: After 1 unit of single donor platelet transfusion. ┼┼: After 10 units of platelet transfusion. *: The patient was transferred to the COVID-19 ward. ⁑: Cesarean section performed and MP started. ⁑*: After the last pulse of MP. ⁑⁑: Four days after last MP pulse. →: following transfusion. During the hospitalization, other laboratory parameters such as levels of total bilirubin, albumin, fibrinogen, prothrombin time (PT), partial thromboplastin time (PTT), Na, and K were in the normal range