Research Article
Prolonged ICU Stay in Severe and Critically-Ill COVID-19 Patients Who Received Convalescent Plasma Therapy
Table 2
Bivariate analysis of variables.
| Variable | Deceased | | LOS <7 days | | No O2 support device improvement | |
| Convalescent plasma-n (%) | | | | | | | Yes | 23 (47.9) | 0.23 | 12 (25.0) | <0.001 | 20 (41.6) | 0.16 | No | 76 (58.0) | | 76 (58.0) | | 40 (30.5) | |
| Age group-n (%) | | | | | | | <45 years | 22 (43.1) | 0.04 | 29 (56.8) | 0.194 | 18 (35.3) | 0.75 | >45 years | 77 (60.2) | | 59 (46.1) | | 42 (32.8) | |
| Hypertension-n (%) | | | | | | | Yes | 38 (65.5) | 0.058 | 21 (36.2) | 0.017 | 21 (36.2) | 0.598 | No | 61 (50.4) | | 67 (55.3) | | 39 (32.2) | |
| Diabetes mellitus-n (%) | | | | | | | Yes | 44 (57.9) | 0.549 | 35 (46.0) | 0.475 | 26 (34.2) | 0.398 | No | 55 (53.4) | | 53 (51.4) | | 34 (33.0) | |
| Obesity-n (%) | | | | | | | Yes | 17 (68.0) | 0.173 | 13 (52.0) | 0.759 | 3 (12.0) | 0.02 | No | 82 (53.2) | | 75 (48.7) | | 57 (37.0) | |
| Mechanical ventilation on admission-n (%) | | | | | | | Yes | 67 (84.8) | <0.001 | 39 (49.3) | 0.96 | 16 (20.2) | 0.001 | No | 63 (4.5) | | 49 (49.0) | | 44 (44.0) | |
| Mechanical ventilation during ICU stay-n (%) | | | | | | | Yes | 96 (84.9) | <0.001 | 51 (44.0) | 0.159 | 20 (17.7) | <0.001 | No | 47 (35.9) | | 37 (56.0) | | 40 (60.6) | |
| WBC1 count >11 × 109/L-n (%) | | | | | | | Yes | 57 (66.2) | 0.005 | 49 (57.0) | 0.045 | 25 (29.0) | 0.23 | No | 42 (45.1) | | 39 (41.9) | | 35 (37.6) | |
| Neutrophil-Lymphocyte ratio >11-n (%) | | | | | | | Yes | 61 (67.7) | <0.001 | 46 (51.1) | 0.6 | 23 (25.5) | 0.08 | No | 38 (42.7) | | 42 (47.2) | | 37 (41.5) | |
| PaO2/FiO2 ratio <200-n (%) | | | | | | | Yes | 89 (61.8) | <0.001 | 65 (45.1) | 0.031 | 43 (29.8) | 0.038 | No | 10 (28.5) | | 23 (65.7) | | 17 (48.6) | |
| D-dimer (ng/mL) >1000 ng/mL-n (%)2 | | | | | | | Yes | 74 (62.7) | 0.006 | 61 (51.7) | 0.35 | 35 (29.7) | 0.13 | No | 25 (40.9) | | 27 (44.3) | | 25 (50.0) | |
| Creatinine serum >1.2 mg/dL-n (%) | | | | | | | Yes | 48 (76.1) | <0.001 | 31 (49.2) | 0.99 | 13 (20.6) | <0.001 | No | 51 (43.9) | | 57 (49.1) | | 47 (40.5) | |
| Random blood glucose >200 mg/dL-n (%) | | | | | | | Yes | 54 (69.2) | 0.001 | 38 (48.7) | 0.92 | 20 (25.6) | 0.051 | No | 45 (44.5) | | 50 (49.5) | | 40 (39.6) | |
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1WBC: white blood cells. 2Baseline D-dimer was measured in 48 (100%) patients in plasma group and 122 (93%) patients in control group.
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