Table 2 Treatment, complications, and progress of patients with COVID-19 depending on hospital readmission.

From: Frequency, risk factors, and outcomes of hospital readmissions of COVID-19 patients

Treatments

No readmission n = 6839

Missing

Readmission n = 298

Missing

p

Overall missing

Duration of invasive ventilation (median, IQR)

10 (7–15)

28 (0.4%)

8 (6–16)

1 (0.3%)

0.966

29 (0.4%)

Duration of noninvasive ventilation (median, IQR)

4 (2–8)

32 (0.5%)

4 (3–8)

1 (0.3%)

0.612

33 (0.5%)

Glucocorticoid treatment (n, %)

2034 (29.7)

53 (0.8%)

114 (38.3)

1 (0.3%)

0.002

54 (0.8%)

LMWH, prophylactic dose, during admission (n,%)

5658 (82.7)

0.9% (65)

246 (82.6)

5 (1.7%)

0.791

70 (0.9%)

Remdesivir (n, %)

31 (0.5)

86 (1.3%)

1 (0.3)

3 (1.0%)

0.611

89 (1.2%)

Interferon (n, %)

784 (11.5)

75 (1.0%)

32 (10.7)

0

0.674

75 (1.0%)

Lopinavir/Ritonavir (n, %)

4533 (66.3)

32 (0.5%)

163 (54.7)

0

 < 0.001

32 (0.5%)

Macrolide (n, %)1

4291 (62.7)

44 (0.6%)

153 (51.3)

1 (0.3%)

 < 0.001

45 (0.6%)

Hydroxychloroquine (n, %)

6128 (89.6)

22 (0.3%)

257 (86.2)

0

0.075

22 (0.3%)

Chloroquine (n, %)

256 (3.7)

56 (0.8%)

10 (3.4)

1 (0.3%)

0.722

57 (0.8%)

Tocilizumab (n, %)

577 (8.4)

55 (0.8%)

19 (6.4)

0

0.240

55 (0.8%)

Complications (n, %)

Bacterial pneumonia

510 (7.5)

17 (0.2%)

31 (10.4)

0

0.062

17 (0.2%)

ARDS

1481 (21.7)

28 (0.4%)

59 (19.8)

2 (0.7%)

0.435

30 (0.4%)

Acute kidney injury

539 (7.9)

4 (< 0.1%)

40 (13.4)

0

 < 0.001

4 (< 0.1%)

Acute cardiac injury

220 (3.2)

17 (0.2%)

39 (13.1)

0

 < 0.001

17 (0.2%)

Stroke

21 (0.3)

16 (0.2%)

1 (0.3)

0

1.000

16 (0.2%)

Sepsis

136 (2.0)

4 (< 0.1%)

6 (2.0)

0

1.000

4 (< 0.1%)

Shock

82 (1.2)

39 (0.6%)

5 (1.7)

1 (0.3%)

0.414

40 (0.6%)

MOF

37 (0.5)

21 (0.3%)

4 (1.3)

0

 < 0.001

21 (0.3%)

  1. LMWH: Low-molecular-weight heparin, ARDS: acute respiratory distress syndrome, MOF: multiple organ failure. 198.2% azithromycin, 1.2% other macrolides. *A patient could have several radiological patterns.