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Table 7 Clinical diagnostic test findings data about a probable or confirmed case of COVID-19

From: A study to design minimum data set of COVID-19 registry system

Main class

Sub class

Data element

Medical imaging

Chest x-ray‏ ‏findings

Date, normal, ground-glass opacity (GGO), nodular opacities, linear opacities, nodular and linear opacities, cavitation, pneumothorax, pleural effusion, adenopathy, atelectasis, patchy, cardiomegaly, consolidation, other(s), please specify

CT scan‏ ‏findings

Date, normal, ground-glass opacity‏ ‏(GGO), tree in bud: (branching nodular and linear opacities), crazy-paving, cavitation, pneumothorax, pneumothorax, pleural effusion, adenopathy, atelectasis, patchy, consolidation, cardiomegaly

Pulmonary involvement detail:

Right lung only,‏ ‏left lung only, ‏both lung, ‏upper zone, middle zone, lower zone

Diagnosis, additional comment

Cardiology diagnostic tests and procedures

Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) findings

Date, normal, sinus bradycardia, sinus tachycardia, arrhythmias, long QT, other(s), please specify

Echocardiography findings

Date, normal, congestive heart failure (CHF), coronary artery disease (CAD), elevated pulmonary pressure (PAP), mitral regurgitation [34], pulmonary regurgitation (PR), tricuspid regurgitation (TR), other(s), please specify

Clinical laboratory tests

Hematology test findings

Date, hematocrit (HCT), hemoglobin (Hgb, Hb), mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), red cell distribution width (RDW)

White blood cell (WBC) count, lymphocytes, neutrophils, eosinophils, monocytes, basophils

Biochemistry tests findings

Date, creatine, serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT/AST), serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT/ALT), alkaline phosphatase, bilirubin, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), N-terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), procalcitonin (PCT), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), troponin, albumin, lactate

Arterial blood gas test findings

Date, PaO2, PaCO2, pH, HCO3, O2CT, O2Sat, saturation

Hemostasis test

Date, prothrombin time (PT), partial thromboplastin time (PTT), mean platelet volume (MPV), d-dimer, International normalized ratio (INR)

Other diagnostic test

Date, C-reactive protein (quantitative), interleukin 6 (IL-6), other(s) diagnostic test, please specify