Table 3.
Characteristics of hospitalized patients.
| Disease Severity |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Moderate | Severe | |
| Characteristic | 106 | 67 | 39 |
| Admitted from, No. (%) | |||
| Home | 90 (84.9) | 58 (86.6) | 32 (82.1) |
| Skilled nursing facility/rehab | 10 (9.4) | 5 (7.5) | 5 (12.8) |
| Hospital Transfer | 3 (2.8) | 2 (3.0) | 1 (2.6) |
| Other | 3 (2.8) | 2 (3.0) | 1 (2.6) |
| Vital signs on ED admission, median (IQR) | |||
| Temperature, median (IQR), °F | 99 [98, 100] | 99 [98, 100] | 98 [98, 100] |
| Heart rate, beats/min | 104 [85, 116] | 101 [82, 112] | 109 [95, 118] |
| Respiratory rate, breaths/min | 20 [18, 24] | 20 [18, 24] | 21 [20, 24] |
| Oxygen saturation, % | 94 [91, 97] | 94 [91, 98] | 94 [80, 96] |
| Highest level of respiratory intervention, No. (%) | |||
| Nasal cannula | 30 (28.3) | 26 (38.8) | 4 (10.3) |
| Non-rebreather | 17 (16.0) | 11 (16.4) | 6 (15.4) |
| High-flow nasal cannula | 13 (12.3) | 5 (7.5) | 8 (20.5) |
| BiPAP | 4 (3.8) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (10.3) |
| Invasive mechanical ventilation | 13 (12.3) | 0 (0.0) | 13 (33.3) |
| Complications, No. (%) | |||
| Multiorgan failure | 9 (8.5) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (23.1) |
| Pulmonary complications | 66 (62.3) | 33 (49.3) | 33 (84.6) |
| Cardiovascular complications | 16 (15.1) | 3 (4.5) | 13 (33.3) |
| Renal failure | 21 (19.8) | 8 (11.9) | 13 (33.3) |
| Sepsis | 12 (11.3) | 4 (6.0) | 8 (20.5) |
| Bleeding | 3 (2.8) | 3 (4.5) | 0 (0.0) |
| Treatments, No. (%) | |||
| Chloroquine | 1 (0.5) | 1 (1.5) | 0 (0.0) |
| Hydroxychloroquine | 53 (27.5) | 32 (47.8) | 19 (48.7) |
| Azithromycin | 47 (24.4) | 25 (37.3) | 18 (46.2) |
| Corticosteroids | 6 (3.1) | 2 (3.0) | 3 (7.7) |
| Tocilizumab | 3 (1.6) | 3 (4.5) | 0 (0.0) |
| Plasma from recovered individuals | 5 (2.6) | 3 (4.5) | 2 (5.1) |
| Anticoagulation | 19 (9.8) | 9 (13.4) | 9 (23.1) |
| Clinical outcome at data cutoff, No. (%) | |||
| Fully recovered | 48 (45.3) | 47 (70.1) | 1 (2.6) |
| Recovered with complications | 14 (13.2) | 12 (17.9) | 2 (5.1) |
| Ongoing infection | 10 (9.4) | 8 (11.9) | 2 (5.1) |
| Died of COVID-19 related complications | 34 (32.1) | 0 (0.0) | 34 (87.2) |