Table 2 Clinical course of the patients before and during COVID-19 pandemic
Total patients before propensity score matching | Propensity score matched patients | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Before COVID-19 pandemic (n = 619) | During COVID-19 pandemic (n = 542) | p value | Before COVID-19 pandemic (n = 397) | During COVID-19 pandemic (n = 397) | p value | |
Organ support | ||||||
Mechanical ventilator (%) | 261 (45.2) | 303 (55.9) | < 0.001 | 210 (52.9) | 209 (52.6) | 1.00 |
Continuous renal replacement therapy (%) | 118 (19.1) | 125 (22.5) | 0.096 | 90 (22.7) | 89 (22.4) | 1.00 |
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (%) | 14 (2.3) | 18 (3.3) | 0.286 | 11 (2.8) | 15 (3.8) | 0.551 |
Duration of hospitalization | ||||||
ER length of stay (hours) (Mean ± SD, Median [IQR)]) | 8.70 ± 8.26 6.10 (4.11–9.58) | 14.84 ± 13.30 10.21 (7.21–19.43) | < 0.001 | 10.14 ± 9.44 6.90 (4.52–11.24) | 12.13 ± 9.96 9.08 (6.49–14.22) | 0.004 |
ICU length of stay (days) (Mean ± SD, Median [IQR)]) | 5.6 ± 7.7 4 (2–7) | 8.0 ± 9.3 5 (2–10) | < 0.001 | 6.6 ± 7.8 4 (2–8) | 7.7 ± 9.0 5 (2–9) | 0.060 |
Hospital length of stay (days) (Mean ± SD, Median [IQR]) | 15.8 ± 20.0 10 (4–19) | 16.5 ± 16.7 12 (5–22) | 0.044 | 16.7 ± 20.0 10 (4–22) | 15.9 ± 16.0 11 (5–21) | 0.589 |
Limitation of the treatment | ||||||
Do-Not-Resuscitation (DNR) order (%) | 111 (17.9) | 141 (26.0) | 0.002 | 87 (21.9) | 102 (25.7) | 0.243 |
Limitation of the treatment (%)* | 81 (13.1) | 111 (20.5) | 0.001 | 57 (14.4) | 76 (19.1) | 0.087 |
DNR in hopeless patient (%) | 38 (6.1) | 38 (7.0) | 0.555 | 32 (8.1) | 26 (6.5) | 0.496 |
ICU mortality (%) | 154 (24.9) | 199 (36.7) | < 0.001 | 121 (30.5) | 141 (35.5) | 0.151 |
Hospital mortality (%) | 176 (28.4) | 215 (39.7) | < 0.001 | 131 (33.0) | 152 (38.3) | 0.138 |