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. 2023 Oct 14;36(9):2531–2540. doi: 10.1007/s40620-023-01760-3

Table 2.

Treatment, outcome and treatment limitations

Overall (n = 1042) No AKI (n = 761) AKI (n = 267) p
Treatment
 IMV (n, %) 545 (52.4) 312 (41.0) 227 (85.0)  < 0.001
 Prone Positioning (n, %) 528 (51.0) 322 (42.5) 199 (74.8)  < 0.001
 Vasopressors (n, %) 544 (52.7) 313 (41.3) 229 (86.4)  < 0.001
 Corticosteroids (n, %) 840 (83.9) 618 (83.4) 209 (85.0) 0.565
 RRT (n, %) 126 (12.3) 16 (2.1) 110 (41.4)  < 0.001
 ECMO (n, %)
  vv-ECMO 37 (3.6) 19 (2.5) 18 (6.8)  < 0.001
  va-ECMO 3 (0.3) 0 3 (1.1)  < 0.001
 Days IMV (median, IQR) 13 (7–23) 12 (7–20) 16 (9–29) 0.003
 Days NIV (median, IQR) 4 (1–7) 4 (2–7) 2 (1–6)  < 0.001
 Days NHF (median, IQR) 3 (1–7) 4 (2–7) 2 (1–4)  < 0.001
 Days Prone Positioning (median, IQR) 3 (1–6) 3 (1–5) 4 (2–7) 0.050
 Days RRT (median, IQR) 9 (3–18) 9 (1–14) 9 (3–19) 0.997
 Days ECMO (median, IQR) 21 (12–30) 25 (14–32) 20 (11–28) 0.763
 Antiviral Drugs (n, %) 244 (23.8) 198 (26.1) 46 (17.2) 0.004
 Remdesivir (n, %) 99 (9.6) 76 (10.0) 23 (8.6) 0.513
 Corticosteroids (n, %) 827 (83.8) 618 (83.4) 209 (85.0) 0.565
Outcome
 ICU death (n, %) 241 (23.1) 112 (14.7) 126 (47.2)  < 0.001
 Hospital death (n, %) 275 (26.4) 131 (17.2) 139 (52.1)  < 0.001
 Length of hospital stay (median, IQR) 21 (13–36) 20 (13–32) 28 (15–48)  < 0.001
 Length of ICU stay(median, IQR) 11 (5–22) 9 (4–17) 19 (9–33)  < 0.001
Treatment limitations
 DNR (n, %) 183 (17.6) 105 (13.8) 74 (27.7)  < 0.001
 No further intervention (n, %) 102 (9.8) 72 (9.5) 26 (9.7) 0.895
 No ECMO (n, %) 148 (14.2) 81 (10.6) 64 (24.0)  < 0.001
 BSC (n, %) 116 (11.1) 50 (6.6) 65 (24.3)  < 0.001

IMV invasive mechanical ventilation, RRT renal replacement therapy, NIV non-invasive ventilation, NHF nasal high flow, ECMO extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, ICU intensive care unit, DNR do not resuscitate, BSC best supportive care