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. 2022 Nov 25;48(5):e20220083. doi: 10.36416/1806-3756/e20220083

Table 2. Severity scores and treatment during ICU stay a .

Variable In-hospital outcome Total OR 95% CI p*
Discharge Death 2.5% 97.5%
(n = 371) (n = 274)
First 24 h
SAPS 3 47.5 ± 12.0 62.5 ± 15.2 53.8 ± 15.3 1.09 1.07 1.10 < 0.01
SOFA 2.0 [1.0-5.0] 6.0 [4.0-9.0] 4.0 [2.0-7.0]b 1.39 1.31 1.48 < 0.01
Vasopressors 39/368 (10.6) 95/273 (34.8) 134/641 (20.9) 4.50 2.97 6.82 < 0.01
Renal replacement therapy 18/368 (4.9) 23/273 (8.4) 41/641 (6.4) 1.79 0.95 3.39 0.07
Oxygen therapy
None 55/370 (14.9) 14/274 (5.1) 69/644 (10.7) 1 (ref) - - -
Nasal catheter 213/370 (57.6) 117/274 (42.7) 330/644 (51.2) 2.16 1.15 4.05 0.02
High-flow nasal catheter 31/370 (8.4) 16/274 (5.8) 47/644 (7.3) 2.03 0.87 4.70 0.01
NIV 10/370 (2.7) 7/274 (2.6) 17/644 (2.6) 2.75 0.89 8.51 0.08
IMV 61/370 (16.5) 120/274 (43.8) 181/644 (28.1) 7.73 3.98 14.99 < 0.01
Medications within 48 h
Oseltamivir 101/370 (27.3) 97/274 (35.4) 198/644 (30.7) 1.46 1.04 2.05 0.03
Ribavirin/lopinavir/ritonavir 100/371 (27.0) 97/274 (35.4) 197/645 (30.5) 1.49 1.06 2.08 0.02
Hydroxychloroquine 65/370 (17.6) 66/274 (24.1) 131/644 (20.3) 1.49 1.01 2.19 0.04
Azithromycin 168/371 (45.3) 120/274 (43.8) 288/645 (44.7) 0.94 0.69 1.29 0.71
Antibiotics 346/371 (93.3) 273/274 (99.6) 619/645 (96.0) 19.73 2.66 146.39 0.003
Antifungal therapy 2/371 (0.5) 9/274 (3.3) 11/645 (1.7) 6.27 1.34 29.24 0.02
Corticosteroids 154/371 (41.5) 148/274 (54.0) 302/645 (46.8) 1.66 1.21 2.27 0.002
Whole ICU stay
Vasopressors 106/371 (31.5) 231/274 (68.5) 337/645 (52.2) 19.52 12.4 30.61 < 0.01
Renal replacement therapy 61/368 (16.6) 164/273 (60.1) 225/641 (35.1) 7.59 5.26 10.95 < 0.01
Ventilatory support
High-flow nasal catheter 68/368 (18.5) 43/272 (15.8) 111/640 (17.3) 0.83 0.54 1.26 0.4
NIV 70/365 (19.2) 63/268 (23.5) 133/633 (21.0) 1.28 0.87 1.88 0.24
IMV 108/370 (29.2) 251/274 (91.6) 359/644 (55.7) 50.10 26.3 95.20 < 0.01
Duration of IMV, days 13.8 ± 13.6 13.6 ± 14.4 13.7 ± 14.1 - - - 0.9
Prone positioning 82/367 (22.3) 107/271 (39.5) 189/638 (29.6) 2.27 1.61 3.21 < 0.01
Nitric oxide 2/371 (0.5) 1/274 (0.4) 3/645 (0.5) 3.12 0.28 34.6 0.56
ECMO 0/367 (0.0) 2/273 (0.7) 2/640 (0.3) - - - 0.18
Length of ICU stay, days 11.7 ± 29.2 16.8 ± 30.3 13.9 ± 29.7 - - - 0.03
Palliative care 3/370 (0.08) 44/272 (16.1) 47/642 (7.3) 12.67 0.98 162.25 0.07

SAPS 3: Simplified Acute Physiological Score; ref: reference; NIV: noninvasive ventilation; and IMV: invasive mechanical ventilation; and ECMO: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. aValues expressed as n/N (%), mean ± SD, or median [IQR]. bN = 643. *Pearson’s chi-square test, Student’s t test, or Mann-Whitney test.