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. 2020 Sep 12;43(10):1139–1148. doi: 10.1111/pace.14047

TABLE 3.

Treatments and complications

Characteristics All patients(N = 77) Syncope(N = 37) No syncope(N = 40) P‐value
Treatments
Admit to intensive care unit—No. (%) 19 (25) 5 (14) 14 (35) .03
Invasive mechanical ventilation—No. (%) 18 (23) 5 (14) 13 (33) .06
Bi‐level positive airway pressure—No. (%) 16 (21) 8 (22) 8 (20) 1.00
Nonrebreather mask—No. (%) 36 (47) 18 (49) 18 (45) .82
High‐flow nasal cannula—No. (%) 13 (17) 7 (19) 6 (15) .74
Hydroxychloroquine—No. (%) 67 (87) 30 (81) 37 (93) .20
Azithromycin—No. (%) 46 (60) 19 (51) 27 (68) .18
Immunomodulators—No. (%)
Sirolumab—No. (%) 2 (3) 1 (3) 1 (3) 1.00
Tocilizumab—No. (%) 3 (4) 2 (5) 1 (3) .60
Remdesivir—No. (%) 3 (4) 0 3 (7.5) .24
Glucocorticoids—No. (%) 23 (30) 9 (24) 14 (35) .3
Therapeutic anticoagulation—No. (%) 38 (49) 19 (51) 19 (48) .82
Complications
Myocardial injury—No. (%) 35 (44) 14 (38) 21 (53) .25
Acute MI 4 (5) 4 (11) 0 (0) .05
Acute kidney injury—No. (%) 24 (32) 11 (30) 13 (33) 1.00
Acute kidney injury requiring renal replacement therapy—No. (%) 7 (9) 1 (3) 6 (15) .11
Shock, requiring pressors—No. (%) 16 (21) 4 (11) 12 (30) .08
Acute respiratory distress syndrome—No. (%) 34 (44) 15 (41) 19 (48) .65
Ischemic stroke—No. (%) 1 (2) 1 (3) 0 (0) .50
Pulmonary embolism—No. (%) 5 (7) 2 (6) 3 (8) 1.00
Deep vein thrombosis—No. (%) 3 (4) 1 (3) 2 (5) 1.00
Death—No. (%) (N = 60) 14 (23) 5 (18) 9 (28) .38
Palliative care—No. (%) 7 (50) 3 (60) 4 (44) 1.00
ICU length of stay, mean ± SD 3.05 ± 5.5 1.4 ± 3.6 4.1 ± 6.2 .09
Hospital length of stay, median (IQR)—No. (%) 10 (6‐15) 10 (7‐17) 10 (6‐15) .8

All values are expressed as median (IQR), unless otherwise specified.

P‐values < 0.05 were bolded to highlight significance.