Table 3 Radiological and gasometric characteristics of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia at admission.
All patients | Severe course | Odds ratio (95%CI) | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Missing | (n = 229) | Yes (n = 51) | No (n = 178) | |||
Radiologic | 0 | |||||
Unilateral consolidation | 98 (42.8) | 12 (23.5) | 86 (48.3) | Reference | – | |
Bilateral consolidation | 81 (35.4) | 28 (54.9) | 53 (29.8) | 3.7 (1.7, 8.1) | 0.005 | |
Bilateral interstitial abnormalities | 26 (11.3) | 5 (9.8) | 21 (11.8) | 1.7 (0.5, 5.4) | 0.361 | |
Bilateral consolidation + interstitial | 24 (10.5) | 6 (11.8) | 18 (10.1) | 2.4 (0.8, 7.2) | 0.122 | |
Gasometry | ||||||
FiO2 | 21 | 0.21 (0.21, 0.21) | 0.21 (0.21, 0.21) | 0.21 (0.21, 0.21) | 50 (0.2, 12,900) | 0.166 |
pH | 25 | 7.46 (7.13, 7.48) | 7.47 (7.41, 7.49) | 7.46 (7.43, 7.48) | 0.57 (0.00, 680) | 0.877 |
PaCO2, mm Hg | 25 | 32.6 (29.4, 35.7) | 31.3 (28.5, 36.0) | 32.8 (30.0, 35.6) | 0.97 (0.91, 1.03) | 0.347 |
PaO2, mm Hg | 25 | 67.1 (60.4, 75.6) | 60.0 (51.8, 67.8) | 69.7 (63.1, 76.5) | 0.95 (0.93, 0.98) | < 0.001 |
HCO3−, mmol/L | 25 | 23.0 (21.0, 25.0) | 22.2 (20.0, 24.1) | 23.0 (21.0, 25.0) | 0.92 (0.83, 1.02) | 0.117 |
SaO2, % | 23 | 94.0 (91.8, 95.2) | 91.4 (86.0, 94.0) | 94.0 (92.8, 95.4) | 0.85 (0.79, 0.92) | < 0.001 |
PaO2/FiO2 ratio, mm Hg | 27 | 313 (271, 354) | 262 (227, 300) | 326 (290, 360) | 0.99 (0.98, 0.99) | < 0.001 |
SaO2/FiO2 ratio | 24 | 444 (421, 452) | 423 (383, 441) | 447 (433, 452) | 0.99 (0.99, 1.00) | 0.001 |
