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. 2022 Mar 10;12:858276. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.858276

Table 3.

Management of patients during ICU stay.

No cancer (n=315) Cancer patients (n=105) Hematological maligancies (n=51) Solid tumors (n=54)
Time from ICU admission to oro-tracheal intubation, days 0 (0 - 0) 0 (0 - 1) 0 (0 - 3) 0 (0 - 1)
Oro-tracheal intubation, hours 360 (206 - 610) 360 (205 - 671) 504 (219 - 864) 306 (184 - 420)
Oxygen delivery method at ICU admission
 Nasal cannulae 27 (8·6%) 9 (8·6%) 4 (7·8%) 5 (9·3%)
 Non-rebreather mask 51 (16·2%) 20 (19·0%) 13 (25·5%) 7 (13·0%)
 Non-invasive ventilation 14 (4·5%) 2 (1·9%) 0 (0%) 2 (3·7%)
 High-flow nasa-oxygen 120 (38·2%) 39 (37·1%) 17 (33·3%) 22 (40·7%)
 Invasive machanical ventilation 102 (32·5%) 35 (33·3%) 17 (33·3%) 18 (33·3%)
Lower PaO2/FiO2 ratio during ICU stay 89 (65 - 130) 72 (57 - 105) 68 (57 - 100) 83 (57 - 110)
Prone positionning 152 (48·4%) 66 (62·9%) 36 (70·6%) 30 (55·6%)
Norepinephrine 157 (50·2%) 73 (69·5%) 38 (74·5%) 35 (64·8%)
Extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation 7 (2·2%) 4 (3·8%) 2 (3·9%) 2 (3·7%)
Antimicrobial treatment 256 (81·3%) 94 (89·5%) 49 (96·1%) 45 (83·3%)
Specific anti-SARS-CoV-2 treatment 230 (73·0%) 77 (73·3%) 39 (76·5%) 38 (70·4%)
 Corticosteroids 189 (60·0%) 61 (58·1%) 29 (56·9%) 32 (59·3%)
 Remdesivir 3 (1·0%) 2 (1·9%) 1 (2·0%) 1 (1·9%)
 Ritonavir/Lopinavir 9 (2·9%) 2 (1·9%) 1 (2·0%) 1 (1·9%)
 Hydroxychloroquin 12 (3·8%) 7 (6·7%) 5 (9·8%) 2 (3·7%)
 Hydroxychloroquin + azithromycin 19 (6·0%) 5 (4·8%) 4 (7·8%) 1 (1·9%)
 Plasma therapy 2 (0·6%) 2 (1·9%) 2 (3·9%) 0 (0%)
 Polyvalent immunoglobulin 6 (1·9%) 2 (1·9%) 0 (0%) 2 (3·7%)