Clinical course and outcomes of critically ill patients with COVID-19 infection: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) is a major cause of hospital admission and represents a challenge for patient management during intensive care unit (ICU) stay. We aimed to describe the clinical course and outcomes of COVID-19 pneumonia in critically ill patients.

Methods

We performed a systematic search of peer-reviewed publications in MEDLINE, EMBASE and the Cochrane Library up to 15th August 2020. Preprints and reports were also included if they met the inclusion criteria. Study eligibility criteria were full-text prospective, retrospective or registry-based publications describing outcomes in patients admitted to the ICU for COVID-19, using a validated test. Participants were critically ill patients admitted in the ICU with COVID-19 infection.

Results

SUBMITTER: Serafim RB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7582054 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature