From: Presentation and outcome of Middle East respiratory syndrome in Saudi intensive care unit patients
 | All patients | Nonsurvivors | Survivors | P valuea |
---|---|---|---|---|
N | 31 | 23 | 8 | Â |
Noninvasive ventilation, n (%); days, median (IQR) | 14 (45.2); 2 (1–3) | 8 (34.8); 2 (1–3) | 6 (75.0); 2 (1–4) | 0.097 |
Invasive ventilation, n (%); days, median (IQR) | 27 (87.1); 8 (4–17) | 22 (95.7); 8 (2–17) | 5 (62.5); 11 (5–17) | 0.043 |
High-frequency oscillation | 11 (35.5) | 11 (47.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0.028 |
Prone positioning, n (%); days, median (IQR) | 5 (16.1); 4 (2–5) | 5 (21.7); 4 (2–5) | 0 (0.0); 0 (0.0) | 1.00 |
ECMO, n (%); days, median (IQR) | 1 (3.2); 13 (13–13) | 1 (4.3); 13 (13–13) | 0 (0.0); 0 (0.0) | 1.00 |
Vasopressorsb, n (%); days, median (IQR) | 25 (80.6); 4 (2–9) | 22 (95.7); 5 (2–9) | 3 (37.5); 3 (2–3) | 0.002 |
Intermittent hemodialysis, n (%); days, median (IQR) | 3 (9.7); 5 (2–5) | 2 (8.7); 4 (2–4) | 1 (12.5); 7 (7–7) | 1.00 |
Continuous RRT, n (%); days, median (IQR) | 16 (51.6); 6 (2–11) | 14 (60.9); 7 (3–11) | 2 (25.0); 2 (1–2) | 0.113 |
Medications, n (%) | ||||
 Oseltamivir | 20 (64.5) | 15 (65.2) | 5 (62.5) | 0.484 |
 Ribavirin/interferon alfa-2a | 13 (41.9) | 9 (39.1) | 4 (50.0) | 0.507 |
 Neuromuscular blockers | 12 (38.7) | 10 (43.5) | 2 (25.0) | 0.465 |
 Steroidsc | 8 (25.8) | 6 (26.1) | 2 (25.0) | 0.954 |