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Table 4 Complications, treatment pattern and clinical outcomes of included patients

From: Clinical characteristics of inpatients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Sichuan province

 

Diagnosis

Disease severity

 

Suspected

(n = 22)

Laboratory-confirmed

(n = 147)

Non-severe

(n = 122)

Severe

(n = 25)

P value#

Complications

Any Complications

2/19 (10·5)

15/146 (10·3)

3/122 (2·5)

12/24 (50·0)

<  0·0001

  Respiratory failure

1/19 (5·3)

9/146 (6·2)

2/122 (1·6)

7/24 (29·2)

<  0·0001

  Secondary bacterial pneumonia

0/19 (0·0)

4/146 (2·7)

0/122 (0·0)

4/24 (16·7)

>  0·99*

  Coagulation disorders

0/19 (0·0)

2/146 (1·4)

0/122 (0·0)

2/24 (8·3)

0·03*

  Metabolic acidosis

0/19 (0·0)

1/146 (0·7)

0/122 (0·0)

1/24 (4·2)

0·16*

  Shock

0/19 (0·0)

1/146 (0·7)

0/122 (0·0)

1/24 (4·2)

0·16*

  Bacteremia or Sepsis

1/19 (5·3)

2/146 (1·4)

0/122 (0·0)

2/24 (8·3)

0·026*

  Acute lung injury or ARDS

0/19 (0·0)

1/146 (0·7)

0/122 (0·0)

1/24 (4·2)

0·16*

  Acute renal injury

0/19 (0·0)

0/146 (0·0)

0/122 (0·0)

0/24 (0·0)

··

Treatment

Antiviral treatment

11/14 (78·6)

144/146 (98·6)

119/121 (98·3)

25/25 (100·0)

>  0·99*

  Ribavirin

3/14 (21·4)

14/146 (9·6)

10/121 (8·3)

4/25 (16·0)

0·23

  Interferon

8/14 (57·1)

95/146 (65·1)

77/121 (63·6)

18/25 (72·0)

0·43

  Lopinavir/Litonavir

4/14 (28·6)

133/146 (91·1)

114/121 (94·2)

19/25 (76·0)

0·0040

  Oseltamivir

4/14 (28·6)

22/146 (15·1)

17/121 (14·1)

5/25 (20·0)

0·45

Antibiotic treatment

9/16 (56·3)

81/144 (56·3)

59/120 (49·2)

22/24 (91·7)

<  0·0001

Glucocorticoids

1/15 (6·7)

34/126 (27·0)

16/101 (15·8)

18/25 (72·0)

<  0·0001

Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy

1/22 (4·5)

8/147 (5·4)

4/122 (3·3)

4/25 (16·0)

0·010

Oxygen therapy

7/22 (31·8)

59/147 (40·1)

41/122 (33·6)

18/25 (72·0)

<  0·0001

Mechanical ventilation (MV)

2/22 (9·1)

12/147 (8·2)

0/122 (0·0)

12/25 (48·0)

<  0·0001

  Non-invasive MV

2/22 (9·1)

11/147 (7·5)

0/122 (0·0)

11/25 (44·0)

<  0·0001

  Invasive MV

1/22 (4·5)

2/147 (1·4)

0/122 (0·0)

2/25 (8·0)

0·029*

ECMO

0/22 (0·0)

0/147 (0·0)

0/122 (0·0)

0/25 (0·0)

··

CRRT

0/22 (0·0)

1/147 (0·7)

0/122 (0·0)

1/25 (4·0)

0·17*

Clinical outcomes

ICU admission

0/22 (0·0)

4/147 (2·7)

0/122 (0·0)

4/25 (16·0)

0.00068

Death

0/22 (0·0)

0/147 (0·0)

0/122 (0·0)

0/25 (0·0)

··

  1. Values are No./total No. (%)
  2. Abbreviations: ICU Intensive Care Units, ECOM Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, CRRT Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy, ARDS Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
  3. * The P-value was derived from Fisher’s exact test, two-sided
  4. # P-value for the comparison between severe cases versus non- severe infected patients