Table 2:

Critical care management of patients admitted to the intensive care unit with coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia

InterventionNo. (%) of patients*
n = 106
Respiratory management
Invasive mechanical ventilation65 (61.3)
 High PEEP†22 (33.9)
 PEEP at 24 h postintubation, median (IQR), cm H2O, n = 6310 (8–12)
Prone positioning29 (27.4)
 Intubated19 (65.5)
 Not intubated10 (34.5)
HFNC51 (48.1)
 Initial respiratory support‡29 (56.9)
 Postextubation support24 (47.1)
Medication
Neuromuscular blockade24 (22.6)
Corticosteroids53 (50.0)
 Symptom onset to receipt of corticosteroids, d, median (IQR)13 (10–17)
Azithromycin94 (88.7)
Hydroxychloroquine75 (70.8)
Tocilizumab11 (10.4)
Oseltamivir8 (7.5)
Lopinavir–ritonavir6 (5.7)

  • Note: HFNC = high-flow nasal cannula, IQR = interquartile range, PEEP = positive end-expiratory pressure.

  • ↵* Unless stated otherwise.

  • ↵† High PEEP defined as PEEP > 15 cm H2O during mechanical ventilation.

  • ↵‡ Two patients had HFNC for both indications.