Trends in Intensive Care for Patients with COVID-19 in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

ABSTRACT: Rationale: By describing trends in intensive care for patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) we aim to support clinical learning, service planning, and hypothesis generation.Objectives: To describe variation in ICU admission rates over time and by geography during the first wave of the epidemic in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland; to describe trends in patient characteristics on admission to ICU, first-24-hours physiology in ICU, processes of care in ICU and patient outcomes; and to explore deviations in trends during the peak period.Methods: A cohort of 10,741 patients with COVID-19 in the Case Mix Program national clinical audit from February 1 to July 31, 2020, was used. Analyses were stratified by time period (prepeak, peak, and postpeak periods) and geog

SUBMITTER: Doidge JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7924583 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature