Clinical features of 1171 patients positive for SARS-CoV-2 admitted to the Humanitas Hospital Emergency Department between September 15 and December 15 in 2020 arrayed according the outcome of the evaluation (discharged/admitted) and the prior use of oral glucocorticoids (OGC)
| Discharged | Admitted | |||
| Without OGC (n=358) | With OGC (n=27) | Without OGC (n=264) | With OGC (n=522) | |
| Age (years) | 55.0 (19.0) | 55.4 (19.3) | 72.2 (15.1) | 71.2 (13.9) |
| Female sex (n) | 168 (47%) | 13 (48%) | 111 (42%) | 192 (37%) |
| Death (n) | 28 (7.8%) | 1 (3.7%) | 48 (18.2%) | 105 (20.1%) |
| Respiratory rate (/min) | 18.0 (2.4) | 17.7 (1.2) | 18.5 (4.8) | 18.9 (2.4) |
| Heart rate (/min) | 85.8 (15.9) | 84.0 (11.1) | 85.1 (15.1) | 82.7 (14.4) |
| Glasgow Coma Scale | 14.6 (1.6) | 14.9 (0.2) | 14.9 (0.6) | 14.9 (0.8) |
| O2 saturation (%) | 99.0 (4.8) | 96.3 (4.0) | 95.4 (5.2) | 91.3 (5.6) |
| Systolic pressure (mm Hg) | 126.8 (21.2) | 123.5 (12.5) | 128.2 (20.6) | 127.0 (16.0) |
| Diastolic pressure (mm Hg) | 79.6 (7.4) | 74.9 (6.8) | 72.7 (14.0) | 74.1 (11.3) |
| Body temperature (°C) | 36.7 (0.7) | 36.8 (0.4) | 37.7 (16.9) | 37.1 (3.4) |
Variables are expressed as number (%) or mean (SD).