Table 1 ICU baseline characteristics during ICU stay.

From: Extreme obesity is a strong predictor for in-hospital mortality and the prevalence of long-COVID in severe COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome

 

All patients

Range

n

184

 

Intubated at ICU admission

133 (72.3%)

 

ARDS mild at ICU admission

14 (7.6%)

 

ARDS moderate at ICU admission

85 (46.2%)

 

ARDS severe at ICU admission

82 (44.6%)

 

Septic shock at ICU admission

24 (13.1%)

 

First Horovitz-index at ICU

108.8 (82.5; 150)

45.0–450.0

Lowest Horovitz-index at ICU

60.0 (52.5; 75.0)

22.5–225.0

Pmean at admission [mbar]

20 (17; 22)

7–30

PEEP at admission [mbar]

14 (12; 15)

6–20

pH at admission

7.38 (7.33; 7.44)

6.81–7.62

PaCO2 at admission [kPa]

6.42 (5.64; 7.17)

3.23–15.90

SpO2 at admission [%]

93 (90; 96)

56–100

SOFA score at ICU admission

12 (10; 13)

4–19

D-dimers at ICU admission [ng/ml]

5178 (2326; 8936)

484–20,000

Lactate at ICU admission [mmol/l]

1.20 (0.90; 1.70)

0.40–9.90

Duration mechanical ventilation ICU [days]

12 (7; 17)

1–61

Reintubation

4 (2.2%)

 

Prone position

113 (61.4%)

 

Cycles of prone position

4 (2; 6)

1–14

Tracheostomy

82 (44.6%)

 

Days from intubation to tracheostomy

12 (9; 15)

3–26

CRRT

67 (36.4%)

 

Duration CRRT [h]

154.66 (31.51; 310.66)

1.44–906.53

ECMO

49 (26.6%)

 

Duration ECMO [h]

274.66 (178.78; 353.04)

16.78–1068.31

Cytosorb

8 (4.3%)

 

Duration cytosorb [h]

20.00 (17.17; 21.15)

8.67–51.00

Red cell transfusion

6 (2; 12)

1–40

NO inhalation

62 (33.7%)

 

Corticosteroid

165 (89.7%)

 

Immunoglobulin

4 (2.2%)

 

Convalescent plasma

34 (18.5%)

 

Remdesivir

20 (10.9%)

 

Anticoagulation

184 (100%)

 

Argatroban at any time on ICU

15 (8.2%)

 

UFH at any time on ICU

140 (76.1%)

 

LMWH at any time on ICU

115 (62.5%)

 

Bacteremia

92 (50%)

 

Staph. aureus bacteremia

12 (6.5%)

 

Catheter associated bacteremia

24 (13%)

 

Antibiotics

176 (95.7%)

 

Antimycotics

28 (15.2%)

 

CRP maximum value [mg/l]

261.2 (189.9; 342.1)

31.4–618.0

Interleukin 6 maximum value [pg/mL]

359.5 (123.0; 755.5)

8.6–792,732.0

Leucocytes maximum value [GPt/L]

19.06 (13.96; 25.91)

3.14–63.87

Leucocytes minimum value [GPt/L]

7.22 (4.89; 9.46)

0.20–22.47

Procalcitonin [ng/ml]

2.95 (0.91; 10.80)

0.09–373.20

Prothrombin fragment F1 + 2 [pmol/l]

468 (272; 930)

73–4948

Platelets maximum value [GPt/L]

315 (251; 418)

48–989

Platelets minimum value [GPt/L]

124 (73; 198)

1–469

  1. Data are median (Interquartile range) or n (%).
  2. ICU Intensive care unit, ARDS Acute respiratory distress syndrome, Pmean Mean pressure, PEEP Positive end-expiratory pressure, PaCO2 partial pressure of carbon dioxide, SpO2 Oxygen saturation, SOFA Sequential organ failure assessment, CRRT Continuous renal replacement therapy, NO Nitric oxide, UFH Unfractionated heparin, LMWH Low-molecular-weight heparin, Staph. Staphylococcus, CRP C-reactive protein, ECMO extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
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