Table 3.
Hospitalisation and mechanical ventilation use
| All patients (n=200) | |
|---|---|
| Hospitalisation | |
| Yes | 152 (76%) |
| No | 48 (24%) |
| ICU admission* | |
| Yes | 13/147 (9%) |
| No | 134/147 (91%) |
| Received mechanical ventilation* | |
| Yes | 9/147 (6%) |
| No | 138/147 (94%) |
| Prolonged hospitalisation (>8 days)† | |
| Yes | 31/58 (53%) |
| No | 27/58 (47%) |
| Death (during hospitalisation, ICU, or at home)‡ | |
| Yes | 66 (33%) |
| No | 125 (63%) |
| Reasons why patients were not admitted to the ICU§ | |
| Not indicated¶ | 97/114 (85%) |
| No resources available | 4/114 (4%) |
| Institutional policy | 7/114 (6%) |
| Patient declined | 6/114 (5%) |
ICU=intensive care unit.
Calculated on number of hospitalised patients with data on ICU admission.
Calculated on number of hospitalised patients with data on complete length of stay.
The outcome (dead or alive) is unknown for nine patients.
Calculated on number of patients eligible for ICU who were not admitted for whom the reason for non-admission was available.
Not indicated includes several factors: not indicated due to mild or moderate COVID-19 symptoms; not indicated due to underlying cancer diagnosis and decision not to escalate to ICU; or not indicated due to severity of COVID-19 illness and physician recommendation not to escalate to ICU for futility. For the majority of sites, it also included institutional policy concerning patients with lung cancer.