CRP and lymphopenia: Our results concur with those reported previously and we also describe significant lymphopenia, along with higher levels of AST, serum urea, creatinine, D-dimer concentration, CRP, and base deficit among deceased patients [19,21,22,23]. In a report organized by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States (CDC USA), it was stated that 80% of the elderly patients admitted to the intensive care unit died [24].