Discharge Disposition and Loss of Independence Among Survivors of COVID-19 Admitted to Intensive Care: Results From the SCCM Discovery Viral Infection and Respiratory Illness Universal Study (VIRUS).

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To describe incidence and risk factors of loss of previous independent living through nonhome discharge or discharge home with health assistance in survivors of intensive care unit (ICU) admission for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Design

Multicenter observational study including patients admitted to the ICU from January 2020 till June 30, 2021.

Hypothesis

We hypothesized that there is a high risk of nonhome discharge in patients surviving ICU admission due to COVID-19.

Setting

Data were included from 306 hospitals in 28 countries participating in the SCCM Discovery Viral Infection and Respiratory Illness Universal Study COVID-19 registry.

Patients

Previously independently living adult ICU survivors of COVID-19.

Interventions

None

SUBMITTER: Siddiqui S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10183337 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature