Table 1.

Baseline characteristics

Patients	1	2	3	4	5	6
Age/sex	85/F	49/F	54/M	24/M	53/F	73/M
Ct value	26	32	24	15	25	20
Comorbidities	Diabetes mellitus, hypertension	Morbid obesity	Splenic vein thrombosis	—	Diabetes mellitus	CABG
O2 requirement	NIV	NIV	NIV	NC	NRBM	NIV
Symptoms	Fever, breathlessness, dyspnea

Ct, cycle threshold; NIV, noninvasive ventilation; NC, nasal cannula; NRBM, non-rebreathing mask; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting