Table 1.
Patient Characteristics
| Characteristic | Patients Tested (N = 125), No. (%)a |
|---|---|
| Demographics | |
| Age, median y (IQR) | 77.0 (65.0–84.0) |
| Male | 58 (46.4) |
| Location prior to admission | |
| Community | 94 (75.2) |
| Hospital | 16 (12.8) |
| Retirement home | 11 (8.8) |
| Long term care home | 4 (3.2) |
| Hospitalsb | |
| A | 52 (41.6) |
| B | 30 (24.0) |
| C | 29 (23.2) |
| D | 14 (11.2) |
| Location within hospital | |
| Ward | 95 (76.0) |
| ICU | 8 (6.4) |
| Rehabilitation, palliative, or chronic care | 22 (17.6) |
| Admitting service | |
| Medicine | 49 (39.2) |
| Surgery | 30 (24.0) |
| Hematology oncology, medical oncology | 16 (12.8) |
| ICU | 8 (6.4) |
| Obstetrics | 1 (0.8) |
| Other | 21 (16.8) |
| Most common reason for admission | |
| Hip fracture | 11 (8.8) |
| Solid tumor–related complication | 11 (8.8) |
| Stroke | 7 (5.6) |
| Weakness or fall | 7 (5.6) |
| Delirium or confusion | 7 (5.6) |
| Charlson comorbidity index | |
| 0 | 18 (14.4) |
| 1 | 15 (12.0) |
| 2 | 28 (22.4) |
| 3 | 18 (14.4) |
| ≥4 | 46 (36.8) |
| Immunosuppressedc | 21 (16.8) |
| Symptoms at testing | |
| Fever | 5 (4.0) |
| Respiratory symptoms | 3 (2.4) |
| Clinical or radiographic features of pneumonia | 14 (11.2) |
| Atypical symptoms | 10 (8.0%) |
| Chest imaging | |
| Chest X-ray | 92 (73.6) |
| CT chest image | 26 (20.8) |
| Last chest imaging findings | |
| Consolidation | 34 (27.2) |
| Intralobular lines | 1 (0.8) |
| Organizing pneumonia | 0 (0) |
| Days from admission to testing, median (IQR) | 11.0 (9.0–13.0) |
| SARS-CoV-2 test result | |
| Negative | 124 (99.2) |
| Positive | 1 (0.8) |
| Prior SARS-CoV-2 testing done and negative | 85 (68.0) |
| Days from prior SARS-CoV-2 test to current test | 10.0 (8.0–12.0) |
| Testing for other respiratory virusesd | |
| Negative | 86 (68.8) |
| Positive | 0 (0) |
| Not done | 39 (31.2) |
Note. IQR, interquartile range; ICU, intensive care unit; CT, computed tomography.
Units unless otherwise specified.
The hospital sites include a 607-bed hospital that is the regional cardiac surgery and neurosurgery center; a 228-bed hospital that is the regional center for cancer care and bone marrow transplant; a 250-bed hospital that specializes in chronic care and rehabilitation; and a 426-bed hospital that specializes in dialysis and renal transplant.
Immunosuppression includes any of the following: chemotherapy, steroid therapy, neutropenia with absolute neutrophil count <0.5, active hematological malignancy, HIV, primary immunodeficiency, or solid organ or hematopoietic stem cell transplant requiring immunosuppressive therapy.
Other respiratory viruses include influenza A and B, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), human metapneumovirus, parainfluenza virus types 1 and 3, adenovirus, rhinovirus, and enterovirus.