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Table 3 Treatments and outcomes of COVID-19 patients

From: Risk factors for the critical illness in SARS-CoV-2 infection: a multicenter retrospective cohort study

 

Total (n = 252)

Non-critically ill (n = 200)

Critically ill (n = 52)

p value

Treatments

 Antiviral treatment

250 (99.20)

200 (100.00)

50 (96.20)

0.042

 Antibiotics

202 (80.20)

155 (77.50)

47 (90.40)

0.038

 Corticosteroids

28 (11.10)

15 (7.50)

13 (25.00)

0.0003

 Intravenous immunoglobin

11 (4.40)

1 (0.50)

10 (19.20)

< 0.0001

 Albumin

7 (2.80)

0

7 (13.50)

< 0.0001

 Traditional Chinese medicine

192 (76.20)

160 (80.00)

32 (61.50)

0.005

 Oxygen therapy

200 (79.40)

158 (79.00)

42 (80.80)

0.779

 Mechanical ventilation

10 (4.00)

0

10 (19.20)

< 0.0001

 ECMO

4 (1.60)

0

4 (7.70)

0.002

Outcomes

 ARDS

21 (8.40)

1 (0.50)

20 (38.50)

< 0.0001

 ICU admission

43 (17.10)

0

43 (82.70)

< 0.0001

 Death

6 (2.40)

0

6 (11.50)

< 0.0001

 Time from illness onset to dyspnea, days

6 (2.75–9.25)

5.00 (1.50–7.50)

7 (3–10)

0.294

 Time from illness onset to ARDS, days

9 (6.50–13.50)

2

9.50 (7–13.75)

0.137

 Time from illness onset to ICU admission, days

10 (6–18)

/

10 (6–18)

 

  length of hospital stay

17 (14–20)

17 (14–19)

21.50 (17–27.75)

0.001

 Time from hospitalization to death

8.50 (4–12)

/

10 (6–18)

 
  1. Data are median (IQR) or n (%). p values are from χ2 test or Fisher’s exact test, as appropriate. ECMO Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, ARDS Acute respiratory distress syndrome, ICU Intensive care unit