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. 2020 May 29;21(7):904–913. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(20)30310-7

Table 3.

Treatments and complications of patients with cancer and COVID-19

All patients (n=205) Survivors (n=165) Non-survivors (n=40) p value
Median duration of hospital stay, days 19 (12–33) 20 (13–33) 17 (6–29) 0·032
Treatments
Intravenous antibiotics 144 (70%) 107 (65%) 37 (93%) 0·0012
Antiviral medication 192 (94%) 153 (93%) 39 (98%) 0·45
Interferon 71 (35%) 48 (29%) 23 (58%) 0·0014
Oseltamivir 44 (21%) 34 (21%) 10 (25%) 0·69
Umifenovir 145 (71%) 116 (70%) 29 (73%) 0·94
Ribavirin 52 (25%) 39 (24%) 13 (33%) 0·34
Lopinavir plus ritonavir 49 (24%) 33 (20%) 16 (40%) 0·014
Intravenous immunoglobin 60 (29%) 33 (20%) 27 (68%) <0·0001
Intravenous corticosteroids 62 (30%) 38 (23%) 24 (60%) <0·0001
Oxygen therapy 150 (73%) 112 (68%) 38 (95%) 0·0011
Mechanical ventilation
None 173 (84%) 162 (98%) 11 (28%) <0·0001
Non-invasive 11 (5%) 3 (2%) 8 (20%) ..
Invasive 21 (10%) 0 21 (53%) ..
Admission to ICU 30 (15%) 4 (2%) 26 (65%) <0·0001
CCRT 5 (2%) 1 (1%) 4 (10%) 0·0039
Complications 126/199 (63%) 92/161 (57%) 34/38 (89%) 0·0004
ARDS 23/199 (12%) 2/161 (1%) 21/38 (55%) <0·0001
Acute renal failure 13/199 (7%) 1/161 (1%) 12/38 (32%) <0·0001
Septic shock 11/199 (6%) 0 11/38 (29%) <0·0001
Abnormal liver function 34/199 (17%) 19/161 (12%) 15/38 (39%) 0·0001
Coagulopathy 18/199 (9%) 5/161 (3%) 13/38 (34%) <0·0001
Secondary infection 26/199 (13%) 5/161 (3%) 21/38 (55%) <0·0001
Arrhythmia 5/199 (3%) 1/161 (1%) 4/38 (11%) 0·0034
Other complications* 34/199 (17%) 13/161 (8%) 21/38 (55%) <0·0001

Data are median (IQR) or n/N (%), where N is the number of patients with available data. ICU=Intensive-care unit. CCRT=continuous renal replacement therapy. ARDS=acute respiratory distress syndrome.

*

Stroke, acute heart failure, myocardial ischaemia, electrolyte disturbance, and other complications.