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. 2021 Jun 26;18(14):3140–3149. doi: 10.7150/ijms.58889

Table 4.

Complications and treatments of recovered and deceased patients with COVID-19

Total (n=2719) Survivors (n=2610) Non-survivors (n=109) P value
Complications
Respiratory failure 131 (4.8) 68 (2.6) 63 (57.8) <0.001*
Acute respiratory distress syndrome 63 (2.3) 34 (1.3) 29 (26.6) <0.001*
Acute cardiac injury 89 (3.3) 72 (2.8) 17 (15.6) <0.001*
Acute kidney injury 96 (3.5) 85 (3.3) 11 (10.1) 0.001*
Septic shock 71 (2.6) 31 (1.2) 40 (36.7) <0.001*
Treatments
Antibiotic treatment 1497 (55.1) 1401 (53.7) 96 (88.1) <0.001*
Antiviral treatment 1720 (63.3) 1645 (63.0) 75 (68.8) 0.220
Glucocorticoid treatment 365 (13.4) 288 (11.0) 77 (70.6) <0.001*
Traditional Chinese medicines treatment 2170 (79.8) 2088 (80.0) 82 (75.2) 0.224
Intravenous immunoglobin treatment 169 (6.2) 129 (4.9) 40 (36.6) <0.001*
Targeted immunomodulatory treatment 102 (3.8) 85 (3.3) 17 (15.6) <0.001*
COVID-19 convalescent plasma treatment 101 (3.7) 96 (3.7) 5 (4.6) 0.600
Oxygen therapy 1901 (70.0) 1819 (70.0) 82 (75.2) 0.217
Non-invasive mechanical ventilation 243 (8.9) 210 (8.0) 33 (30.3) <0.001*
Invasive mechanical ventilation 166 (6.1) 98 (3.8) 68 (62.3) <0.001*
Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) 30 (1.1) 17 (0.7) 13 (11.9) <0.001*
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) 2 (0.7) 0 (0.0) 2 (1.8) <0.001*

Data are median (IQR), n (%), or n/N (%). Definition of abbreviation: COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019.