Characteristics and outcomes of patients with COVID-19 admitted to the ICU in a university hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil - study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We designed a cohort study to describe characteristics and outcomes of patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) in the largest public hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil, as Latin America becomes the epicenter of the pandemic.

Methods

This is the protocol for a study being conducted at an academic hospital in Brazil with 300 adult ICU beds dedicated to COVID-19 patients. We will include adult patients admitted to the ICU with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 during the study period. The main outcome is ICU survival at 28 days. Data will be collected prospectively and retrospectively by trained investigators from the hospital's electronic medical records, using an electronic data capture tool. We will collect data on demograph

SUBMITTER: Ferreira JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7442378 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature