Table 2.
Symptoms and Initial Physical Examination Findings for Patients with SARS-CoV-2 in association with Critical Illness (N = 249).
| Characteristics | Critical Illness |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (f, %), Mean (SD) | No (f, %), Mean (SD) | ||
| No | 66 (26.5) | 183(73.5) | |
| Age (mean SD) years | 49.33(16.57) | 40.97(16.11) | 0.001* |
| Gender | 0.303 | ||
| Male | 42 (63.6) | 129(70.5) | |
| Female | 24(36.4) | 54(29.5) | |
| Admission criteria | |||
| Temperature | |||
| Febrile | 22(33.3) | 90(49.2) | 0.027* |
| Afebrile | 44(66.7) | 93(50.2) | |
| Respiratory rate, (/mints)* | 23.50(4.35) | 20.11(3.66) | 0.001* |
| Heart rate, b/mints | 101.08(24.24) | 94.44(15.39) | 0.012* |
| Blood pressure (mmHg) | |||
| Systolic (SBP) | 129.80(24.12) | 124(19.56) | 0.097 |
| Diastolic (DBP) | 79.31(15.84) | 78.05(13.13) | 0.531 |
| Smoking status Former/Current |
18(27.3) | 29(15.8) | 0.042* |
| History of travel | 18(27.3) | 35(19.1) | 0.166 |
| Comorbidity^ | 41 (62.1) | 45 (24.6) | 0.001* |
| CKD# | 4(2.2) | 8(12.1) | 0.003* |
| CAD# | 9(4.9) | 9(13.6) | 0.027* |
| HTN | 22(12) | 27(40.9) | 0.001* |
| DM | 25(13.7) | 24(36.4) | 0.001* |
| COPD | 16(8.7) | 15(22.7) | 0.003* |
| Immunodeficiency# | 8(4.4) | 6(9.1) | 0.209 |
| Signs-symptoms | |||
| Fever | 36(54.5) | 60(32.8) | 0.002* |
| Cough | 25(37.9 | 37(20.2) | 0.004* |
| Abnormal cardiac rhythm# | 5(7.6) | 2(1.1) | 0.015* |
| Dyspnea | 45(68.2) | 35(19.1) | 0.001* |
| Sore throat | 6(9.1) | 12(6.6) | 0.044* |
| Myalgia# | 1(1.5) | 9(4.9) | 0.299 |
| Headache# | 2(3) | 5(2.7) | 1.000 |
| Productive cough# | 6(9.1) | 12(6.6) | 0.579 |
| Nausea & vomiting# | 3(4.5) | 5(2.7) | 0.440 |
| Diarrhoea# | 5(7.6) | 13(7.1) | 1.000 |
| Unconsciousness# | 05(7.6) | 61(92.4) | 0.015* |
^Comorbidity (yes); CKD-Chronic kidney disease; CAD-Coronary artery disease, COPD- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; LAP- Lymphadenopathy; HTN- Hypertension; DM- Diabetes mellitus; Independent t-test for continuous data and Chi-square and/or (#) Fisher exact test for categorical variables; SD- standard deviation; * - Significant @ P < 0.05.