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Table 2 Treatment characteristics in ICU patients

From: Broncho-alveolar inflammation in COVID-19 patients: a correlation with clinical outcome

Treatment

Survivors

(N = 16)

Non-survivors

(N = 12)

P value

Tocilizumab N(%)

4 (25)

4 (25)

0.6908

Remdesivir N(%)

3 (18.8)

4 (5)

0.6618

Hydroxychloroquine N(%)

12 (75)

12 (100)

0.1131

Ritonavir/Lopinavir N(%)a

7 (50)

9 (75)

0.1358

Corticosteroids N(%)b

 - Dexamethasone 0.4 mg·Kg− 1

4 (25)

5(42)

0.4319

 - Methylprednisolone 0.3 mg·Kg−1

0 (0)

1(8.3)

0.4286

 - Hydrocortisone 150 mg·die−1

1 (6.25)

1(8.3)

> 0.999

Mechanical ventilationc

 - Vt/IBW -ml Kg−1d

7.85(7.6–8.85)

6.4 (6.1–8)

0.4275

 - PEEP -cmH20

11(8–13.25)

12 (8–12)

0.9073

  1. aData regarding the administration of Ritonavir/Lopinavir are missing for two patients who died and two who survived (14.8%)
  2. bData regarding the administration of steroids is missing for one dead patient (3.70%)
  3. cData regarding ventilation parameters are missing of two dead patients (7.41%)
  4. dVt/IBW Tidal volume/ideal body weight calculated using the gender-specific Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network (ARDSnet) formulas [8]