Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of patients
| Baseline characteristic | COVID-19 | Non-COVID-19 | Full sample | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | N | % | |
| Gender | ||||||
| Female | 3 | 42.9 | 3 | 37.5 | 6 | 40 |
| Male | 4 | 57.1 | 5 | 62.5 | 9 | 60 |
| Co-morbidity | ||||||
| DM | 3 | 42.9 | 3 | 37.5 | 6 | 40 |
| HT | 3 | 42.9 | 2 | 25.0 | 5 | 33.3 |
| COPD | 3 | 42.9 | - | - | 3 | 20 |
| Cardiomyopathy | - | - | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 6.7 |
| None | 2 | 28.6 | 3 | 37.5 | 5 | 33.3 |
| Symptom | ||||||
| Dyspnea | 2 | 28.6 | 4 | 50 | 6 | 40 |
| Stridor | 3 | 42.9 | 3 | 37.5 | 6 | 40 |
| Inability to wean tracheostomy | 2 | 28.6 | 1 | 12.5 | 3 | 20 |
| IMV etiology | ||||||
| RDS due to COVID-19 | 7 | 100 | - | - | 7 | 46.6 |
| SAH | - | - | 2 | 25 | 2 | 13.3 |
| CVA | - | - | 2 | 25 | 2 | 13.3 |
| CCHF | - | - | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 6.7 |
| Drug intoxication | - | - | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 6.7 |
| Hearth failure | - | - | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 6.7 |
| Pneumonia after CABG | - | - | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 6.7 |
| Tracheostomy | ||||||
| None | 4 | 57.1 | 5 | 62.5 | 9 | 60 |
| Prolonged IMV | 1 | 14.3 | 2 | 25.0 | 3 | 20 |
| Urgent | 2 | 28.6 | 1 | 12.5 | 3 | 20 |
Participants were on average 43.3 years old (SD = 20.5)
DM diabetes mellitus, HT hypertension, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, IMV invasive mechanical ventilation, RDS respiratory distress syndrome, SAH subarachnoid hemorrhage, CVA cerebro vascular accident, CCHF Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, CABG coronary artery by-pass grafting surgery