Table 5.

Demographic, clinical, respiratory variables at the time of testing and clinical course of the severe group.

Patient	Genre	Age	Days of symptoms	Symptoms suggesting phrenic nerve damage			Respiratory variables		Clinical course
				Ventilation disturbances	Costal pain	Hiccups	Oxygen Saturation	Supplemental Oxygen
1	M	65	93	Yes	No	No	92%	No	ICU -> Death
2	M	51	10	Yes	No	No	96%	NC 1 L	Chronic course: oxygen therapy and corticosteroids at discharge
3	M	58	7	Yes	No	No	97%	No	Good
4	F	33	7	Yes	No	No	95%	NC 1.5L	Good
5	F	61	6	Yes	No	No	92%	VMK 40%	Good
6 7	M	39	9	Yes	Yes	Yes	90%	VMK 60%	ICU -> Death
	F	62	7	Yes	Yes	No	93%	VMK 35%	ICU (PTE) -> Good at discharge
8	F	59	9	Yes	Yes	No	94%	VMK 40%	Good
9	M	42	6	Yes	Yes	No	94%	NC 4 L	Good