Table 2. Distribution of young adults diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 (N = 58) admitted to the Intensive Care Unit according to clinical variables and outcome, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 2021.
| Variables | With sepsis (n= 38) |
Without sepsis (n=20) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAPS III≠ | 0,008 * | ||
| Minimum-maximum | 29 - 74 | 24-61 | |
| Unit of origin, n (%) | 0.015# | ||
| Emergency Room | 20 (52.63) | 17(85.0) | |
| Inpatient unit | 18 (47.37) | 3 (15.0) | |
| Pre-existing comorbidities, n (%) | 0.173 † | ||
| Present | 33 (86.84) | 14 (70.0) | |
| Absent | 5 (13.16) | 6 (30.0) | |
| Delirium, n (%) | 0.544 † | ||
| Present | 3 (7.89) | - | |
| Acute kidney injury, n (%) | <0.001 † | ||
| Present | 27 (71. 05) | 6 (40.0) | |
| KDIGO¥ 1 | 2 (5.26) | 3 (15.0) | |
| KDIGO 2 | 2 (5.26) | 2 (10.0) | |
| KDIGO 3 | 23 (60.53) | 3 (15.0) | |
| Mechanical ventilation, n (%) | <0.001# | ||
| Yes | 33 (86.34) | 5 (25.0) | |
| No | 5 (13.16) | 15 (75.0) | |
| Vasoactive drug, n (%) | <0.001# | ||
| Yes | 35 (92.11) | 3 (15.0) | |
| No | 3 (7.89) | 17 (85.0) | |
| Focus of infection, n (%) | <0.001 † | ||
| Pulmonary | 27 (71.05) | - | |
| Bloodstream | 1(2.63) | - | |
| Pulmonary and bloodstream | 8 (21.05) | - | |
| Others | 2 (5.26) | - | |
| Outcome, n (%) | |||
| ICU discharge | 22 (57.89) | 20 (100.0) | <0.001# |
| Death | 16 (42.11) | - |
#Simplified Acute Physiology Score version III; ¥Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes;
*
Mann-Whitney test; #Chi-Square Test; †Fisher’s exact test; ICU - Intensive Care Unit.