Factors Predicting Outcome in Intensive Care Unit-Admitted COVID-19 Patients: Using Clinical, Laboratory, and Radiologic Characteristics
Table 2
Radiologic findings stratified based on survival status.
Variables
All patients, N = 121
Survivors, N = 41
Nonsurvivors, N = 80
value
PI scores
RUL total score
2.3 (1.1)
2.2 (1.0)
2.3 (1.2)
0.82
RML total score
1.8 (1.1)
1.6 (0.8)
1.8 (1.2)
0.43
RLL total score
2.5 (1.2)
2.5 (1.0)
2.6 (1.2)
0.62
LUL total score
2.2 (1.1)
2.2 (1.0)
2.3 (1.1)
0.85
LLL total score
2.5 (1.1)
2.5 (0.9)
2.5 (1.3)
0.84
Total lung GGO score
8.0 (4.3)
7.9 (4.5)
8.0 (4.2)
0.87
Total lung consolidation score
3.6 (3.7)
3.4 (3.5)
3.8 (3.8)
0.61
Total PI score
11.7 (4.8)
11.4 (4.1)
11.9 (5.1)
0.59
PI density index
2.4 (0.8)
2.4 (0.7)
2.4 (0.9)
0.90
Predominant pattern
GGO
87 (71.9)
29 (70.7)
58 (72.5)
0.84
Consolidation
34 (28.1)
12 (29.3)
22 (27.5)
Dominant distribution of lesions
Peripheral
47 (38.8)
14 (34.1)
33 (41.3)
0.59
Axial
34 (28.8)
11 (26.8)
23 (28.7)
Diffuse
40 (33.1)
16 (39.0)
24 (30.0)
No. of involved lobes
4.6 (0.8)
4.6 (09)
4.7 (0.8)
0.59
Laterality
Unilateral
2 (1.7)
1 (2.4)
1 (1.3)
0.62
Bilateral
119 (98.3)
40 (97.6)
79 (98.8)
Lower lobes involvement
Yes
114 (94.2)
38 (92.7)
76 (95.0)
0.68
No
7 (5.8)
3 (7.3)
4 (5.0)
Additional findings
Cardiomegaly
77 (63.6)
21 (51.2)
56 (70.0)
0.04
Pleural effusion
30 (24.8)
5 (12.2)
25 (31.3)
0.02
Pericardial effusion
13 (10.7)
1 (2.4)
12 (15.0)
0.03
Dilated pulmonary trunk
15 (17.0)
3 (13.6)
12 (18.2)
0.62
Other morphologies
Parenchymal band
58 (47.9)
22 (53.7)
36 (45.0)
0.37
Crazy paving
54 (44.4)
17 (41.5)
37 (46.3)
0.61
Reverse halo
11 (9.1)
6 (14.6)
5 (6.3)
0.13
Reported as mean (standard deviation), all other variables reported as N (%). PI = pulmonary involvement; RUL = right upper lobe; RML = right middle lobe; RLL = right lower lobe; LUL = left upper lobe; LLL = left lower lobe; GGO = ground-glass opacity.
