Fever in the ICU: A Predictor of Mortality in Mechanically Ventilated COVID-19 Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

While fever may be a presenting symptom of COVID-19, fever at hospital admission has not been identified as a predictor of mortality. However, hyperthermia during critical illness among ventilated COVID-19 patients in the ICU has not yet been studied. We sought to determine mortality predictors among ventilated COVID-19 ICU patients and we hypothesized that fever in the ICU is predictive of mortality.

Materials and methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 103 ventilated COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU between March 14 and May 27, 2020. Final follow-up was June 5, 2020. Patients discharged from the ICU or who died were included. Patients still admitted to the ICU at final follow-up were excluded.

Results

103 patients were included, 40 survived

SUBMITTER: Choron RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7738811 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature