ICU Mortality Across Prepandemic and Pandemic Cohorts in a Resource-Limited Setting: A Critical Care Resiliency Analysis From South Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hospital adaptation and resiliency, required during public health emergencies to optimize outcomes, are understudied especially in resource-limited settings.

Research question

What are the prepandemic and pandemic critical illness outcomes in a resource-limited setting and in the context of capacity strain?

Study design and methods

We performed a retrospective cohort study among patients admitted to ICUs at two public hospitals in the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health in South Africa preceding and during the COVID-19 pandemic (2017-2022). We used multivariate logistic regression to analyze the association between three patient cohorts (prepandemic non-COVID-19, pandemic non-COVID-19, and pandemic COVID-19) and ICU capacity strain and the primary outcome of

SUBMITTER: Anesi GL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11360720 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature