Table 2 Distribution of Computed Tomography scan findings according to hospital admission COVID-19 pneumonia severity stratification
From: Computed tomography findings and prognosis in older COVID-19 patients
CT scan | COVID-19 pneumonia disease severity stratification | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No oxygen therapy (n :128) | Oxygen by mask or nasal prongs (n :179) | Non-invasive ventilation or high-flow oxygen (n :52) | Intubation and mechanical ventilation (n :17) | ||
GGO | 104(81) | 152(85) | 47(90) | 17(100) | 0.05 |
Aged 60–74 (n:139) | 47(87) | 46(94) | 22(100) | 12(100) | 0.04 |
Aged 75–83 (n:116) | 28(74) | 52(87) | 12(92) | 5(100) | 0.18 |
Aged ≥ 84 (n:125) | 29(81) | 54(77) | 13(76) | 0(0) | 0.78 |
Frailty (n:31) | 8(57) | 12(86) | 2(100) | 1(100) | 0.25 |
Consolidation | 43(36) | 71(40) | 28(54) | 11(65) | 0.07 |
Aged 60–74 (n:139) | 17(31) | 17(35) | 13(59) | 7(58) | 0.05 |
Aged 75–83 (n:116) | 12(32) | 28(47) | 8(62) | 4(80) | 0.27 |
Aged ≥ 84 (n:125) | 14(39) | 26(37) | 7(42) | 0(0) | 0.97 |
Frailty (n:31) | 7(50) | 7(58) | 2(100) | 1(100) | 0.47 |
Pulmonary nodules | 16(13) | 23(13) | 6(12) | 0(0) | 0.20 |
Aged 60–74 (n:139) | 2(4) | 3(6) | 3(14) | 0(0) | 0.10 |
Aged 75–83 (n:116) | 9(24) | 12(20) | 3(23) | 0(0) | 0.65 |
Aged ≥ 84 (n:125) | 5(14) | 8(11) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0.18 |
Frailty (n:31) | 4(29) | 4(36) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0.67 |
Fibrosis | 3(2) | 12(7) | 3(6) | 0(0) | 0.35 |
Aged 60–74 (n:139) | 2(4) | 3(6) | 1(5) | 0(0) | 0.94 |
Aged 75–83 (n:116) | 1(3) | 4(2) | 1(8) | 0(0) | 0.78 |
Aged ≥ 84 (n:125) | 0(0) | 6(9) | 1(6) | 0(0) | 0.34 |
Frailty (n:31) | 0(0) | 2(20) | 1(50) | 0(0) | 0.12 |
Bronchiectasis | 16(13) | 10(6) | 5(10) | 2(12) | 0.27 |
Aged 60–74 (n:139) | 5(9) | 3(6) | 1(5) | 2(17) | 0.32 |
Aged 75–83 (n:116) | 5(13) | 4(7) | 2(9) | 0(0) | 0.42 |
Aged ≥ 84 (n:125) | 6(17) | 3(4) | 2(12) | 0(0) | 0.17 |
Frailty (n:31) | 2(14) | 2(22) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0.83 |
Pleural effusion | 19(15) | 47(26) | 13(25) | 4(24) | 0.04 |
Aged 60–74 (n:139) | 3(6) | 11(22) | 5(23) | 2(17) | < 0.01 |
Aged 75–83 (n:116) | 5(13) | 12(20) | 2(15) | 2(40) | 0.49 |
Aged ≥ 84 (n:125) | 11(31) | 24(34) | 6(35) | 0(0) | 0.98 |
Frailty (n:31) | 0(0) | 1(10) | 1(50) | 0(0) | 0.67 |
Emphysema | 6(5) | 7(4) | 5(10) | 1(6) | 0.56 |
Aged 60–74 (n:139) | 2(4) | 1(2) | 0(0) | 1(8) | 0.73 |
Aged 75–83 (n:116) | 0(0) | 2(3) | 3(23) | 0(0) | < 0.01 |
Aged ≥ 84 (n:125) | 4(11) | 4(6) | 2(12) | 0(0) | 0.69 |
Frailty (n:31) | 0(0) | 2(22) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0.25 |
Pericardial effusion | 1(1) | 17(9) | 1(2) | 0(0) | 0.01 |
Aged 60–74 (n:139) | 0(0) | 3(6) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0.16 |
Aged 75–83 (n:116) | 0(0) | 5(3) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0.23 |
Aged ≥ 84 (n:125) | 1(3) | 9(13) | 1(6) | 0(0) | 0.30 |
Frailty (n:31) | 0(0) | 1(10) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0.58 |
Cardiomegaly | 3(2) | 8(4) | 7(13) | 1(6) | 0.01 |
Aged 60–74 (n:139) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 1(5) | 1(8) | 0.16 |
Aged 75–83 (n:116) | 1(3) | 3(5) | 1(8) | 0(0) | 0.80 |
Aged ≥ 84 (n:125) | 2(6) | 5(7) | 5(29) | 0(0) | 0.04 |
Frailty (n:31) | 0(0) | 1(11) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0.62 |
Solid lesion | 7(5) | 7(4) | 5(10) | 0(0) | 0.43 |
Aged 60–74 (n:139) | 0(0) | 1(2) | 2(9) | 0(0) | 0.18 |
Aged 75–83 (n:116) | 6(16) | 2(3) | 2(15) | 0(0) | 0.07 |
Aged ≥ 84 (n:125) | 1(3) | 4(6) | 5(29) | 0(0) | 0.43 |
Frailty (n:31) | 0(0) | 1(11) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0.62 |
Pulmonary embolism | 3(2) | 4(2) | 2(4) | 1(6) | 0.86 |
Aged 60–74 (n:139) | 0(0) | 1(2) | 1(5) | 1(8) | 0.47 |
Aged 75–83 (n:116) | 2(5) | 2(3) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0.80 |
Aged ≥ 84 (n:125) | 1(3) | 1(1) | 1(6) | 0(0) | 0.78 |
Frailty (n:31) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | - |
Subsegmental vascular enlargement | 0(0) | 1(1) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0.88 |
Aged 60–74 (n:139) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | - |
Aged 75–83 (n:116) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | - |
Aged ≥ 84 (n:125) | 0(0) | 1(1) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0.84 |
Frailty (n:31) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | - |