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Table 2 COVID-19: disease course, in-hospital treatments and outcome. Risk factors of developing one VAP (univariate analysis, Fine–Gray model considering death and extubation as competing risk events)

From: Epidemiology and microbiology of ventilator-associated pneumonia in COVID-19 patients: a multicenter retrospective study in 188 patients in an un-inundated French region

  All patients No VAP At least one VAP sHR [95%CI], p value
Headcount 188 96 92  
Disease course and in-hospital treatments
Mean period from symptom onset to hospital admission (± SD)—days 6.4 (± 8.0) 6.4 (± 6.2) 6.4 (± 9.6) -
Mean period from symptom onset to COVID-19 diagnosis (± SD)—days 7.7 (± 4.2) 7.6 (± 4.3) 7.7 (± 4) -
Transfer from inundated area—no. (%) 47 (25.0) 20 (20.8) 27 (29.3) -
Proven co-infection—no. (%) 21 (11.2) 11 (11.5) 10 (10.9) -
Initial empirical antibiotic therapy—no. (%) 169 (89.9) 87 (90.6) 82 (89.1) 0.71 [0.34–1.48], p = 0.360
Antiviral therapy—no. (%) 112 (59.6) 57 (59.4) 55 (59.8) 0.95 [0.63–1.43], p = 0.790
Lopinavir/ritonavir—no. (%) 64 (34.0) 31 (32.3) 33 (35.9) 1.04 [0.69–1.56], p = 0.860
Remdesivir—no. (%) 10 (5.3) 5 (5.2) 5 (5.4) 1.00 [0.43–2.33], p = 1.000
Hydroxychloroquine—no. (%) 42 (22.3) 22 (22.9) 20 (21.7) 0.94 [0.58–1.52], p = 0.800
Immunomodulatory drugs—no. (%) 22 (11.7) 10 (10.4) 12 (13)  
Corticosteroids—no. (%) 21 (11.2) 10 (10.4) 11 (12) 1.00 [0.57–1.76], p = 1.000
Tocilizumab—no. (%) 1 (0.5) - 1 (1.1)
Mean period between hospital admission and intubation (± SD)—days 2.6 (± 7.5) 2.5 (± 5.3) 2.7 (± 9.2)
Vasopressor support—no. (%) 128 (68.1) 57 (59.4) 71 (77.2) 1.94 [1.22–3.09], p = 0.005
Average duration of mechanical ventilation (± SD)—days 22.2 (± 16.7) 14.5 (± 11.3) 30.3 (± 17.7) -
ECMO—no. (%) 18 (9.6) 4 (4.2) 14 (15.2) 3.09 [1.59, 6.03], p = 0.001
Outcome
Deceased on May 20th—no. (%) 54 (28.7) 26 (27) 28 (30.4)  
Discharged alive from ICU on May 20th—no. (%) 115 (61.2) 64 (66.7) 51 (55.4)  
Still in ICU on May 20th—no. (%) 19 (10.1) 6 (6.3) 13 (14.1)