ICU and Ventilator Mortality Among Critically Ill Adults With Coronavirus Disease 2019.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine mortality rates among adults with critical illness from coronavirus disease 2019.

Design

Observational cohort study of patients admitted from March 6, 2020, to April 17, 2020.

Setting

Six coronavirus disease 2019 designated ICUs at three hospitals within an academic health center network in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

Patients

Adults greater than or equal to 18 years old with confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome-CoV-2 disease who were admitted to an ICU during the study period.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

Among 217 critically ill patients, mortality for those who required mechanical ventilation was 35.7% (59/165), with 4.8% of patients (8/165) still on the ventilator at the time of this rep

SUBMITTER: Auld SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7255393 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature