Table 1 Patient’s demographic characteristics and initial COVID-19 severity data
Characteristic | |
|---|---|
Number of patients | 62 |
Male | 41 (63.1) |
Age, years | 63.0 ± 12.4 |
BMI, kg/m2 | 29.3 ± 5.7 |
Smoking history | |
Current or ex-smoker | 30 (48.4) |
Pack-years | 36.3 ± 35.0 |
Comorbidities | |
Obesity | 21 (33.9) |
Diabetes mellitus | 15 (24.2) |
Cardiovascular disease | 37 (59.7) |
Arterial hypertension | 32 (51.6) |
Immunodepression | 4 (6.5) |
Respiratory chronic disease | |
COPD | 4 (6.5) |
Asthma | 8 (12.9) |
Interstitial lung disease | 1 (1.6) |
Inhaled corticosteroids | 8 (12.9) |
Covid-19 | |
Total length for hospital stay, days | 19.5 [37.0] |
ICU, n | 37 (59.7) |
ICU stay length, days | 13.0 [13.5] |
High-flow nasal oxygen, n | 34 (54.8) |
High-flow nasal oxygen, days | 4.5 [6.0] |
Intubation, n | 19 (30.6) |
Intubation, days | 13.0 [20.0] |
Physical medicine and rehabilitation unit, n | 23 (37.1) |
Complications | |
ARDS | 18 (29.0) |
Pulmonary embolism | 9 (14.5) |
Ventilator-associated pneumonia | 9 (14.5) |
Acute cardiac insufficiency | 3 (4.8) |
Pneumothorax | 2 (3.2) |