Characteristics, Outcomes, and Trends of Patients With COVID-19-Related Critical Illness at a Learning Health System in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to surge in the United States and globally.

Objective

To describe the epidemiology of COVID-19-related critical illness, including trends in outcomes and care delivery.

Design

Single-health system, multihospital retrospective cohort study.

Setting

5 hospitals within the University of Pennsylvania Health System.

Patients

Adults with COVID-19-related critical illness who were admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) with acute respiratory failure or shock during the initial surge of the pandemic.

Measurements

The primary exposure for outcomes and care delivery trend analyses was longitudinal time during the pandemic. The primary outcome was all-cause 28-day in-hospital mortality.

SUBMITTER: Anesi GL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7901669 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature