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Table 1 Patient data from five patients with COVID-19 who received dornase alfa with albuterol March–April, 2020

From: Nebulized in-line endotracheal dornase alfa and albuterol administered to mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients: a case series

Patient

1

2

3

4

5

Clinical Characteristics

 Date of admission

29 March

4 April

16 March

16 March

26 March

 Age

56

34

65

31

34

 Gender

F

M

M

M

F

 Ethnicity

Hispanic

White

Asian

Hispanic

Black

 BMI

38

41

32

30

38

 Date of ICU admission

31 March

4 April

16 March

18 March

26 March

Comorbidities

 Hypertension

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

 Diabetes mellitus, type 2

Yes

    

 Asthma

Yes

 

Yes

 

Yes

 Hyperlipidemia

 

Yes

   

 Migraine

    

Yes

 Chronic gastritis

    

Yes

ECMO

 Date of ECMO initiation

4 April

27 March

28 March

 Date of ECMO cessation

16 April

10 April

20 April

Dornase alfa (DA) + albuterol (A) parameters

Administration (DA: 2.5 mg, A: 2.5 mg, both twice daily using the Aerogen® Solo nebulizer)

Date of DA + A initiation

9 April

4 April

31 March

1 April

31 March

Date of DA + A cessation

14 April

6 April

8 April

19 April

24 April

Toxicities

None

None

None

None

None

Other COVID-19 treatment

 Methylprednisolone

Yes

Yes

 

Yes

Yes

 Anakinra

 

Yes

 

Yes

 

 CytoSorb

    

Yes

Anticoagulants a

 Enoxaparin

40 mg BID

120 mg BID

40 mg BID

100 mg BID

120 mg BID

 Argatroban

 

Yes

 

Yes

Yes

 Heparin gtt

  

Yes

 

Yes

Venous thromboembolism

None

None

None

Right SDVT

Right CVT

None

Current State

ICU discharge

ICU discharge

ICU discharge

ICU discharge

ICU discharge

  1. aPatients were not on simultaneous anticoagulation therapies. BMI Body mass index, ICU Intensive care unit, ECMO Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, BID Bis in die (twice a day), gtt Guttae (intravenous drip), SDVT Soleal deep vein thrombosis, CVT Cephalic vein thrombosis