Table 3.

The strategies of treatment, ICU admission, MV approach, and mortality

	Eosinophilic	Neutrophilic	P-value
Treatment, n (%)
Steroid only	32 (18.1)	19 (5.0)	<0.001
Steroid + antibiotics	119 (67.2)	314 (82.6)	<0.001
Antibiotics mono	14 (7.9)	38 (10.0)	0.430
Nebulizer only	10 (5.6)	8 (2.1)	0.028
Length of hospital stay (days), mean ± SD	9.51±27.76	9.87±8.01
ICU admission, n (%)	8 (4.5)	47 (12.4)	0.004
Length of ICU stay (days), mean ± SD	11.38±21.61	9.51±12.63	0.732
MV, n (%)	5 (2.8)	36 (9.5)	0.005
Duration of MV (days), mean ± SD	15.60±27.33	8.86±9.08	0.237
Noninvasive ventilation, n (%)	0 (0.0)	6 (1.6)	0.093
Treatment results, n (%)
Resolve	175 (98.9)	363 (95.5)	0.043
Mortality	2 (1.1)	17 (4.5)	0.043
Death within 28 days	0 (0.0)	11 (2.9)	0.022
Death after 28 days	2 (1.1)	6 (1.6)	0.678

Abbreviations: ICU, intensive care unit; MV, mechanical ventilation; SD, standard deviation.