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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients according to their status, namely, bloodstream infection or not

From: Characteristics and prognosis of bloodstream infection in patients with COVID-19 admitted in the ICU: an ancillary study of the COVID-ICU study

 

Number with missing data

Patients with BSI

n = 780

Patients without BSI

n = 3230

p-value

Age, years

0

62 [53–69]

63 [54–71]

0.019

Frailty scale

395

2 [2, 3]

2 [2, 3]

0.80

Male gender

23

607 (78)

2346 (73)

0.004

Body mass index, kg/m2

292

29 [26–33]

28 [25–32]

0.006

Living place

69

 

3175

0.006

 Admission from a long-term care facility

 

25 (3)

48 (2)

 

 Admission from nursing home

 

3 (0)

29 (1)

 

 Admission from home

 

738 (96)

3098 (3)

 

Severity on admission

    

 SAPS II

323

40 [30–54]

36 [27–48]

< 0.001

 SOFA score

562

7 [4–9]

4 [3–8]

< 0.001

ARDS severity on admission

820

  

< 0.001

 No ARDS

 

54 (7)

365 (13)

 

 Mild ARDS

 

146 (19)

630 (22)

 

 Moderate ARDS

 

343 (46)

1292 (44)

 

 Severe ARDS

 

190 (26)

630 (22)

 

Comorbidities

    

 No comorbidities

27

126 (16)

588 (18)

0.18

 Alcohol consumption

827

26 (4)

134 (5)

0.28

 Tabaco consumption

839

32 (5)

135 (5)

0.89

 Chronic respiratory disease

677

183 (28)

671 (26)

0.23

 Chronic heart failure

6

20 (3)

131 (4)

0.064

 Hypertension

4

379 (49)

1523 (47)

0.47

 Coronary artery disease

1

82 (11)

348 (11)

0.89

 Diabetes mellitus

2

231 (30)

866 (27)

0.12

 Hematological malignancy

0

22 (3)

87 (3)

0.94

 Immunodepression

773

62 (10)

221 (9)

0.45

 Solid malignancy

0

9 (1)

50(2)

0.51

 Transplantation

0

21 (3)

62 (2)

0.22

 Chronic renal failure

773

77 (24)

301 (23)

0.90

 Cirrhosis

668

3 (0)

25 (1)

0.32

 Neuromuscular disease

774

28 (4)

69 (3)

0.037

Home treatment

    

 Long-term corticosteroids treatment

1

36 (5)

129 (4)

0.49

 Immunomodulatory drugs

1

42 (5)

125 (4)

0.072

 Treatment with NSAID

536

58 (9)

171 (6)

0.022

Time from hospital admission to ICU, days

153

1 [0–3]

1 [0–3]

0.49

Period of admission

326

  

0.94

 Before 15th of March 2020

 

46 (6)

187 (6)

 

 From 15th March to 31th of March 2020

 

439 (61)

1766 (60)

 

 From 1st April to 15 April 2020

 

193 (27)

841 (28)

 

 After 15th of April 2020

 

40 (5)

172 (5)

 

 Nurse/patient ratio

713

2 [2, 3]

2 [2, 3]

0.61

Admission during night-hours*

0

393 (50)

1570 (48)

0.39

Fever before admission

146

634 (85)

2567 (82)

0.16

Abdominal symptoms before admission

140

211 (27)

901 (28)

0.67

Co-infection at admission

123

76 (10)

247 (7.9)

0.070

 Bacterial co-infection

 

66 (8)

217 (7)

0.10

 Viral co-infection

 

4 (0)

21 (0)

0.86

Hospital/ICU treatment

    

Antiviral treatment before admission

13

384 (49)

1451 (45)

0.033

Immunomodulatory drugs

 

12 (2)

47 (1)

0.99

Tocilizumab use

 

5 (1)

26 (1)

0.81

Intubation before admission

26

243 (31)

629 (20)

< 0.001

Management during period at risk for BSI

    

 Number of day at risk for BSI, days

143

7 [3–11]

12 [15–22]

< 0.001

 ICU-acquired pneumonia during period at risk for BSI

165

238 (31)

1096 (34)

0.075

 Corticosteroids during period at risk for BSI

21

171 (22)

969 (30)

< 0.001

 Renal replacement therapy during period at risk for BSI

14

18 (2)

569 (18)

< 0.001

 ECMO support during period at risk for BSI

14

68 (9)

195 (6)

0.009

 Antibiotics use during period at risk for BSI

7

618 (79)

2871 (89)

< 0.001

  1. Categorical variables are expressed as n (%) and continuous variables as median [interquartile range]
  2. BSI: Bloodstream infection; SOFA: sequential-organ failure assessment; ARDS: Acute respiratory distress syndrome; NSAID: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; ICU: Intensive care unit; RRT: renal replacement therapy; ECMO: Extra corporeal membrane oxygenation
  3. *Admission during night hours was arbitrarily defined as admission in between 8:00 PM to 8:00 AM