Characteristics and Outcomes of ICU Patients Without COVID-19 Infection-Pandemic Versus Nonpandemic Times: A Population-Based Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT: Outcomes for critically ill COVID-19 are well described; however, the impact of the pandemic on critically ill patients without COVID-19 infection is less clear.

Objectives

To demonstrate the characteristics and outcomes of non-COVID patients admitted to an ICU during the pandemic, compared with the previous year.

Design

A population-based study conducted using linked health administrative data comparing a cohort from March 1, 2020, to June 30, 2020 (pandemic) to a cohort from March 1, 2019, to June 30, 2019 (nonpandemic).

Setting and participants

Adult patients (18 yr old) admitted to an ICU in Ontario, Canada, without a diagnosis of COVID-19 during the pandemic and nonpandemic periods.

Main outcomes and measures

The primary outcome was all-cause in-hospital mo

SUBMITTER: Leafloor CW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10047606 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature