Table 2.
Outcomes of controls and patients who received antibiotic treatment before admission to emergency department due to coronavirus disease 2019
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Patients |
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unmatched |
matched |
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| Variable | treatment (n = 128) | control (n = 397) |
P |
treatment (n = 126) |
control (n = 126) |
P |
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| Primary outcome | ||||||||||||
| Hospital admission, n (%) |
60 (46.9) |
212 (53.4) |
0.2 |
58 (46) |
53 (42.1) |
0.53 |
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| Secondary outcomes | ||||||||||||
| Pneumonia (all imaging modalities), n (%) |
112 (87.5) |
319 (80.4) |
0.07 |
108 (85.7) |
96 (76.2) |
0.054 |
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| Respiratory failure, n (%) |
47 (36.7) |
167 (42.1) |
0.28 |
47 (37.3) |
45 (33.3) |
0.89 |
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| Respiratory support, n (%) |
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|
|
0.34 |
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| None |
68 (53.1) |
185 (46.6) |
|
68 (54) |
73 (57.9) |
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| Supplementation by mask or nasal cannula |
52 (40.6) |
194 (48.9) |
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50 (39.7) |
48 (38.1) |
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| High flow nasal oxygenation |
6 (4.7) |
11 (2.7) |
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6 (4.8) |
3 (2.4) |
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| Mechanical ventilation | 2 (1.5) |
7 (1.8) |
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2 (1.6) |
2 (1.6) |
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