Table 4 Comparison between ICU admission and non-ICU admission among patients with ILI

Age/years

50.5 ± 14.6

39.3 ± 10.7

U = 

2.31

0.021^*

Gender

N(%)

N(%)

 Male

19(50.0)

2(20.0)

FE = 

2.89

0.152

 Female

19(50.0)

8(80.0)

Smoking

 Yes

15(39.5)

2(20.0)

FE = 

1.31

0.459

 No

23(60.5)

8(80.0)

Comorbidities

 No

16(42.1)

10(100)

X2 = 

10.6

0.013^*

 Diabetes Mellitus

8(21.1)

0(0.00)

 Hypertension

2(5.30)

0(0.00)

 Ischemic heart diseases

5(13.2)

0(0.00)

 Other heart diseases

7(18.4)

0(0.00)

Chronic chest disease

 Yes

9(23.7)

0(0.00)

FE = 

2.91

172

 No

29(76.3)

10(100)

Laboratory investigations

 WBC

13.4 ± 3.77

11.7 ± 3.82

U = 

1.09

0.275

 Hb%

10.8 ± 2.28

12.6 ± 2.06

U = 

2.07

0.038^*

 Creatinine

1.65 ± 0.83

0.97 ± 0.24

U = 

2.12

0.034^*

 BUN

59.7 ± 16.1

47.3 ± 6.41

U = 

2.05

0.040^*

 Albumin

2.23 ± 0.72

2.85 ± 0.54

U = 

2.43

0.015^*

 pH

7.31 ± 0.14

7.14 ± 0.19

U = 

2.55

0.011^*

 PaO2

50.5 ± 5.95

57.2 ± 4.02

U = 

3.17

0.002^*

 SaO2

75.2 ± 6.38

80.7 ± 1.56

U = 

2.97

0.003^*

 PaCO2

38.8 ± 9.04

37.1 ± 3.31

U = 

0.293

0.770

 HCO3

17.6 ± 4.16

22.3 ± 3.16

U = 

3.35

0.001^*

 RADS

6.76 ± 2.07

5.65 ± 0.75

U = 

1.86

0.062

 BWT

2.23 ± 0.68

1.67 ± 0.27

U = 

2.44

0.014^*

 Anion gap

15.1 ± 8.44

7.10 ± 4.20

U = 

3.08

0.002^*

 % of burn

28.2 ± 7.71

21.5 ± 2.67

U = 

2.68

0.007^*

Chest XR

 Normal

19(50.0)

9(90.0)

X2

5.28

0.071

NS

 Bronchopneumonia

4(10.5)

0(0.00)

 Increased BVM

15(39.5)

1(10.0)