COVID-19 Related Cardiovascular Comorbidities and Complications in Critically Ill Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This systematic-review and meta-analysis aimed to assess the prevalence of cardiovascular comorbidities and complications in ICU-admitted coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients.

Data sources

PubMed and Web of Science databases were referenced until November 25, 2020.

Data extraction

We extracted retrospective and prospective observational studies on critically ill COVID-19 patients admitted to an intensive care unit. Only studies reporting on cardiovascular comorbidities and complications during ICU therapy were included.

Data synthesis

We calculated the pooled prevalence by a random-effects model and determined heterogeneity by Higgins' I ² test.

Results

Of the 6346 studies retrieved, 29 were included in this review. Th

SUBMITTER: Koeppen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7863147 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature