Role of epinephrine in attenuating cytokine storm, decreasing ferritin, and inhibiting ferroptosis in SARS-CoV-2

The Egyptian Heart Journal

Table 1 Laboratory blood results

Date of illness	25 December	28 December	28 December	28 December	3 January	5 January	7 January	9 January	12 January	14 January	19 January	24 January	29 January	3 February
Day number	Day(D) 1	D3	D5	D7	D9	D11	D13	D15	D18	D20	D25	D30	D35	D40
Lymphocytes	3.46	2.85	2.1	1.1	0.92	0.98	1.11	1.52	1.91	2.22	2.11	2.41	3.14	3.21
Ferritin	461	701	950	1600	2000	1410	1150	855	860	843	755	629	503	258
D-dimer	0.53	0.78	0.91	1.21	1.48	1.25	1.11	0.54	0.51	0.48	0.42	0.39	0.41	0.32
CRP	13.6	74.3	89.1	110.1	164.8	91.1	65.1	9.2	5.9	4.9	3.9	3.0	1.0	0.8
LDH	240	285	301	310	317	299	241	231	210	221	201	185	171	155
Fibrinogen	390	420	560	610	767	580	456	408	401	399	351	294	280	255
					Epinephrine					Epinephrine
					5 days (4–5 times/day)					3 weeks (3 times/day)

N.B. Reference Range: Lymphocytes: 1–4.8 × 10⁹/L, Ferritin: 30–400 ng/ml, D-dimer: 0–0.44 mg/L, CRP: 0–5 mg/L, LDH: 135–235 U/L, and Fibrinogen: 200–400 mg/dl