Table 6.
Computed tomography (CT) involvement score and clinical outcomes between anatomic distribution of CT features
| Total | Only ventral (N: 18) | Only dorsal (N: 219) | Both ventral and dorsal (N: 43) | P* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean CT-IS | 6.3 ± 4.7 | 3.1 ± 1.7 | 5.5 ± 3.6A | 11.8 ± 6.4BC | < 0.001 |
| Length of hospital stay (days) | 9.2 ± 6.1 | 5.6 ± 1.0BD | 9.2 ± 5.3 | 10.7 ± 9.8 | < 0.001 |
| Duration of symptom (days) | 4.8 ± 2.7 | 4.6 ± 2.6 | 4.7 ± 2.7 | 5.1 ± 3.0 | 0.848 |
| PCR | 0.006 | ||||
| Negative | 169 (60.4) | 17 (94.4) | 130 (59.4) | 22 (51.2) | |
| Positive | 111 (39.6) | 1 (5.6) | 89 (40.6) | 21 (48.8) | |
| Admission | < 0.001 | ||||
| Medical floor | 248 (88.6) | 18 (100.0) | 203 (92.7) | 27 (62.8) | |
| ICU | 14 (5.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (1.8) | 10 (23.3) | |
| Transferred to ICU from the medical floor | 18 (6.4) | 0 (0.0) | 12 (5.5) | 6 (14.0) | |
| < 0.001 | |||||
| Survival | 262 (93.6) | 18 (100.0) | 214 (97.7) | 30 (69.8) | |
| Death | 18 (6.4) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (2.3) | 13 (30.2) |
*Kruskal–Wallis and chi-square test. Post hoc Dunn–Bonferroni test used on parameters with P < 0.05
A< 0.05 versus group D; B< 0.001 versus group V; C< 0.001 versus group VD; D< 0.001 versus group D; PCR polymerase chain reaction, ICU intensive care unit