Table 4.
Clinical course of RT-PCR negative patients. Data are described in the whole group and in the two subgroups COVID-19 and NOT-COVID defined at the end of the hospital stay by clinical judgment or further testing. Data are expressed as absolute frequencies and percentages (in brackets) for categorical variables and as medians and Interquartile Ranges [IQR]
| Overall Median [IQR] N (%) | COVID-19 Median [IQR] N (%) | COVID-free/other than COVID Median [IQR] N (%) | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPAP/NIV | 0.961° | |||
| No | 96 (83.5) | 55 (83.3) | 41 (83.7) | |
| Yes | 19 (16.5) | 11 (16.7) | 8 (16.3) | |
| CPAP/NIV duration days | 5.00 [2-8] | 4.00 [2-7] | 5.50 [3-8] | 0.803# |
| ED outcome | 1.000§ | |||
| Discharged | 7 (6.1) | 4 (6.1) | 3 (6.1) | |
| Admitted | 108 (93.9) | 62 (93.9) | 46 (93.9) | |
| Hospital admission and outcome | ||||
| Hospital ward | 0.169§ | |||
| IOT/ICU transfer | 4 (3.7) | 2 (3.2) | 2 (4.3) | |
| HDU | 22 (20.4) | 9 (14.5) | 13 (28.3) | |
| Regular Ward | 82 (75.9) | 51 (82.3) | 31 (67.4) | |
| Length of stay in HDU | 7.50 [4 - 21] | 7.50 [4 - 21] | 7.50 [4 - 20] | 0.702# |
| Hospital outcome | 0.081° | |||
| discharged | 84 (77.8) | 44 (71.0) | 40 (87.0) | |
| dead | 24 (22.2) | 18 (29.0) | 6 (13.0) | |
Comparisons are made with: #Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test; °Chi-Square test; §Fisher’s Exact test