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. 2022 Feb 21;8(3):e1296. doi: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000001296

TABLE 4.

Treatments administered in patients with COVID-19 by severity

Mild (n = 16) Moderate (n = 18) Severe (n = 13) P
Highest oxygen requirement, n (%) <0.001
 MV 0 (0) 7 (54)
 HFNC 0 (0) 4 (31)
 NIV 0 (0) 0 (0)
 NRB 0 (0) 2 (15)
 NC 11 (61) 0 (0)
Dexamethasone, n (%) 13 (72) 13 (100) 0.039
Steroid augmentation beside dexamethasone, n (%) 5 (28) 10 (77) 0.006
Remdesivir, n (%) 15 (83) 13 (100) 0.13
 <5 da 3 2
 5 d 12 10
 10 d 0 1
Convalescent plasma, n (%) 3 (17) 2 (15) 0.93
Tocilizumab, n (%) 0 (0) 2 (15) 0.09
mAb therapy (before admission), n (%)    6 (38) 2 (11)b 2 (15) 0.15
  Bamlanivimab 6 1 2
  Casirivimab/imdevimab 0 1 0
 Days from positive test to mAb therapy, mean (range) 4.2 (1–10) 5.5 (5–6) 4.5 (4–5)
 Days from symptoms to mAb therapy, mean (range) 4.8 (2–7) 4.5 (2–7) 7 (7–7)
 Days from mAb therapy to admission, mean (range) 6 (1–11) 2 (0–4)
Cell-cycle inhibitor reduced or held, n (%)c 1 (6%) 9 (50%) 10 (77%) <0.001
Broad-spectrum antibiotics on admission, n (%) 14 (78%) 12 (92%) 0.26
Broad-spectrum antibiotics during disease course, n (%) 13 (72%)d 13 (100%) 0.039
Dialysis, n (%) 0 (0%)e 4 (31%)e 0.009
Vasopressors, n (%) 0 (0%) 7 (54%) <0.001
Enrolled in clinical trial, n (%) 0 (0%) 4 (31%) 0.01

aFive patients received less than the standard 5-d course because of improvement of oxygenation status to room air or complications including concern for hepatotoxicity or acute kidney injury.

bOne patient received mAb after their index COVID-19 admission and is not included in this total.

cOne patient with mild disease, 5 patients who had moderate disease, and 2 patients who had severe disease were already off cell-cycle inhibitors at baseline and are not included in these totals.

dAntibiotic data could not be determined for 1 patient who was admitted to an outside hospital.

eOne patient in both the moderate and severe groups was already on hemodialysis at baseline and not included in this total.

COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; HFNC, high flow nasal cannula; mAb, monoclonal antibody; MV, mechanical ventilation; NC, nasal cannula; NIV, noninvasive ventilation; NRB, nonrebreather.