Table 1: Common clinical laboratory tests in the emergency setting of suspected COVID-19 infection.

Lab tests

Abnormality in COVID-19 patients

Albumin

Decreased

Lactate dehydrogenase

Increased

Alanine aminotransferase

Increased

Aspartate aminotransferase

Increased

Total bilirubin

Increased

Creatinine

Increased

C-reactive protein

Increased

Cardiac troponin

Increased

Urea

Predicted to be increased

Blood gas panel

Predicted to have increased and decreased levels

Ferritin

Increased

Procalcitonin

Increased

IL-6

Increased

Modified from the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC) list and ref [10].