Factors Associated With Intubation and Prolonged Intubation in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify risk factors associated with intubation and time to extubation in hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Study design

Retrospective observational study.

Setting

Ten hospitals in the Chicago metropolitan area.

Subjects and methods

Patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 admitted between March 1 and April 8, 2020, were included. We evaluated sociodemographic and clinical characteristics associated with intubation and prolonged intubation for acute respiratory failure secondary to COVID-19 infection.

Results

Of the 486 hospitalized patients included in the study, the median age was 59 years (interquartile range, 47-69); 271 (55.8%) were male; and the median body mass index was 30.6 (interquartile range, 26.

SUBMITTER: Hur K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7240317 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature