Thoracic Surgery Consultations in COVID-19 Critically Ill Patients: Beyond Conservative Approach

Table 2

Patients demographic data, hospital course, thoracic complications, intervention, and outcome.

#	Age	Gender	Comorbidity	Presenting symptoms	LOS unit (days)	LOS ICU (days)	Length of intubation (days)	Reintubation	Ventilator setting		Thoracic complication					Outcome
									PRVC	PEEP	Type	Onset from intubation	Intervention	Length of chest tube insertion	Reinsertion
1	34	Male	Medically free	SOB, cough, fever	NA	7	3	No	50%	16	ME	1	Conservative	NA	No	Died
2	67	Male	Medically free	SOB	NA	24	22	No	70%	16	Pneumothorax	5	Thoracostomy	16	No	Died
3	78	Male	DM, HTN, CKD	SOB, fever	8	39	39	No	40%	14	Pneumothorax	1	Thoracostomy	8	No	Alive
4	37	Male	Medically free	Asymptomatic	NA	38	38	Yes	60%	14	Pneumothorax	3	Thoracostomy	16	No	Alive
5	70	Male	DM, HTN, CKD, IHD	SOB, cough, fever	16	52	52	No	70%	14	Pneumothorax and SE	11	Thoracostomy	13	No	Alive
6	45	Male	Medically free	SOB, cough, fever	3	21	3	No	40%	12	Pneumothorax and SE	20	Thoracostomy	1	No	Died
7	52	Male	HTN, DLP	SOB, cough	19	27	27	No	50%	10	Pneumothorax and SE	1	Thoracostomy	18	Yes
8	66	Female	DM, HTN	SOB, cough, fever, loss of appetite	3	6	4	No	50%	10	SE	3	Thoracostomy	1	No	Died
9	65	Male	DM, HTN, DLP	SOB, cough, fever	21	45	45	Yes	70%	18	Pneumothorax and SE	28	Thoracostomy	20	No	Alive
10	52	Male	Medically free	SOB, fever	3	41	11	No	60%	12	SE	1	Thoracostomy	10	No	Died
11	67	Male	DM	Asymptomatic	6	17	17	No	100%	14	SE and ME	4	Conservative	NA	No	Died
12	39	Female	Medically free	SOB, cough fever, hemoptysis	NA	30	30	No	50%	14	Pneumothorax	25	Thoracostomy	5	No	Died
13	59	Male	Medically free	SOB	3	9	9	No	70%	12	SE	7	Thoracostomy	3	No	Died
14	40	Male	Medically free	SOB, fever	NA	7	7	No	70%	16	SE	7	Conservative	NA	No	Died
15	62	Male	CAD, HTN, DSL	SOB, fever	NA	16	16	No	100%	10	Pneumothorax and SE	10	Thoracostomy	6	No	Died
16	48	Male	DM, HTN	SOB, cough	NA	15	15	No	100%	12	SE	5	Conservative	NA	No	Died
17	45	Male	HTN, DSL	SOB, cough, fever	NA	27	27	No	70%	16	Pneumothorax and SE	16	Thoracostomy	3	No
18	63	Female	DSL, hypothyroidism	SOB, cough, fever	NA	13	13	No	90%	16	SE	9	Thoracostomy	1	No	Died

ICU: intensive care unit; DM: diabetic; HTN: hypertension; DLP: dyslipidemia; CKD: chronic kidney disease; IHD: ischemic heart disease; CAD: coronary artery disease; SOB: shortness of breath; ME: mediastinum emphysema; SE: subcutaneous emphysema. Still admitted and slightly improved.