Use of Life Support and Outcomes Among Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Units.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Nationwide data are unavailable regarding changes in intensive care unit (ICU) outcomes and use of life support over the past 10 years, limiting understanding of practice changes.

Objective

To portray the epidemiology of US critical care before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design, setting, and participants

Retrospective cohort study of adult patients admitted to an ICU for any reason, using data from the 54 US health systems continuously contributing to the Epic Cosmos database from 2014-2023.

Exposures

Patient demographics, COVID-19 status, and pandemic era.

Main outcomes and measures

In-hospital mortality unadjusted and adjusted for patient demographics, comorbidities, and illness severity; ICU length of stay; and receipt of lif

SUBMITTER: Moin EE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11997855 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature