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. 2020 Nov 30;117:102580. doi: 10.1016/j.jaut.2020.102580

Table 2.

Complications during hospitalization of SARS-CoV-2 patients.

Variable Total (N = 175) n (%) AI/IMID (n = 58) Non-AI/IMID (n = 117) P value
Severe SARS-CoV-2a 64 (36.6) 12 (20.7) 52 (44.4) 0.002
ARDS 59 (33.7) 7 (12.1) 52 (44.4) 0.000
ICU admission 50 (28.6) 8 (13.8) 42 (35.9) 0.003
Invasive mechanical ventilation 29 (16.6) 4 (6.7) 25 (21.3) 0.008
Non-invasive ventilation 10 (5.7) 4 (6.9) 6 (5.1) 0.635
High-flow oxygen 29 (16.6) 2 (3.4) 27 (23.1) 0.119
Prone ventilation 9 (5.1) 0 (0.0) 9 (7.7) 0.003
Organizing Pneumonia 32 (18.3) 6 (10.3) 26 (22.2) 0.056
ECMO 2 (1.1) 1 (1.7) 1 (0.9) 0.317
Vasoactive/inotropic drugs 11 (6.3) 4 (6.9) 7 (6.0) 0.080
Hospital-acquired infection 21 (12.0) 3 (5.2) 18 (15.4) 0.050
Acute kidney injury
Without hemodialysis/hemofiltration
With hemodialysis/hemofiltration
17 (9.7)
4 (2.3)
3 (5.2)
1 (1.7)
14 (12.0)
3 (2.6)
0.153
0.726
Thromboembolic eventb 13 (7.4) 2 (3.4) 11 (9.4) 0.157
Cardiovascular eventc 11 (6.3) 3 (5.2) 8 (6.8) 0.669
Hemorrhagic complications 8 (4.6) 3 (5.2) 5 (4.3) 0.789
Mortality 13 (7.4) 4 (6.9) 9 (7.7) 0.850

AI/IMID: autoimmune or immune-mediated inflammatory disease; ARDS: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; ECMO: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; ICU: Intensive care unit.

a

Defined as: intensive care unit admission, intratracheal intubation, cardiovascular complications (heart failure or myocarditis), thrombosis, kidney failure requiring hemodialysis, and death.

b

Venous thromboembolic disease (either deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism), or arterial thrombosis.

c

Include congestive heart failure, new-onset heart arrhythmias, and acute myocardial infarction.