Factors associated with admission to intensive care units in COVID-19 patients in Lyon-France.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

A new respiratory virus, SARS-CoV-2, has emerged and spread worldwide since late 2019. This study aims at analysing clinical presentation on admission and the determinants associated with admission in intensive care units (ICUs) in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

Patients and methods

In this prospective hospital-based study, socio-demographic, clinical and biological characteristics, on admission, of adult COVID-19 hospitalized patients presenting from the community for their first admission were prospectively collected and analysed. Characteristics of patients hospitalized in medical ward to those admitted in ICU were compared using Mann-Whitney and Chi-square or Fisher exact test when appropriate. Univariate logistic regression was first used to identify varia

SUBMITTER: Vanhems P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7840037 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature