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Figure 1

Patients’ and study groups’ flow diagram:Flow diagram of included and excluded patients in the study, and matched groups.
Patients’ and study groups’ flow diagram:Flow diagram of included and excluded patients in the study, and matched groups.

Figure 2

Kaplan Meier survival curve:Survival of patients in both groups up to 28 days, evaluated by Log – Rank test showing significant difference (p = 0.04).
Kaplan Meier survival curve:Survival of patients in both groups up to 28 days, evaluated by Log – Rank test showing significant difference (p = 0.04).

Results of competing risk analysis, and Cox proportional regression:

Sample statistic (95% CI) P value
Competing Risk Regression SHR: 2.7 (1.2 – 6.3) 0.02
Cox Proportional Hazard HR: 0.49 (0.25 – 0.97) 0.04

Results of secondary outcomes:

TCZ (n=29) Control (n=29) 95% CI of difference P value
ICU mortality (n, %) 11 (37.9%) 18 (62%) −3.9 to 48.5 0.1
Actual VFD: median (IQR) 10 (0 – 13) 0 (0 – 2.25) 1.1 – 8.3 0.02
Positive cultures (n, %) 16 (55.2%) 10 (34.5%) −7.11 to 45.4 0.1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of study groups before and after matching:

Variable Unmatched Groups Matched Groups


TCZ (n=29) No TCZ (n=386) P value TCZ (n = 29) No-TCZ (n = 29) P value
Age: Median (IQR) 59 (52.5 – 60.25) 51 (44 – 57) 0.0001 59 (52.5 – 60.25) 57 (51.75 – 63.25) 0.9
Gender: Male (n, %) 21 (72.4%) 262 (67.9%) 0.6 21 (72.4%) 20 (69%) 0.8
SOFA score Median (IQR) 4 (4 – 5) 3 (4 – 5) 0.0001 4 (4 – 5) 4 (4 – 4.25) 0.2
BMI Median (IQR) 27 (23.3 – 31.2) 25.8 (22.6 – 29.4) 0.2 27 (23.3 – 31.2) 25.3 (21.85 – 28.63) 0.1
Smoking (n, %) 10 (34.5%) 131 (33.9%) 0.9 10 (34.5%) 9 (31%) 0.8
Anti-viral (n, %) 11 (37.9%) 154 (39.9%) 0.8 11 (37.9%) 12 (41.4%) 0.8
Steroids (n, %) 17 (58.6%) 245 (63.5%) 0.6 17 (58.6%) 16 (55.2%) 0.8
eISSN:
2502-0307
Język:
Angielski
Częstotliwość wydawania:
2 razy w roku
Dziedziny czasopisma:
Medicine, Clinical Medicine, other, Surgery, Anaesthesiology, Emergency Medicine and Intensive-Care Medicine