Long-term Survival of Critically Ill Patients Stratified According to Pandemic Triage Categories: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to unprecedented demand for ICUs, with the need to triage admissions along with the development of ICU triage criteria. However, how these criteria relate to outcomes in patients already admitted to the ICU is unknown, as is the incremental ICU capacity that triage of these patients might create given existing admission practices.

Research question

What is the short- and long-term survival of low- vs high-priority patients for ICU admission according to current pandemic triage criteria?

Study design and methods

This study analyzed prospectively collected registry data (2007-2018) in 23 ICUs in Victoria, Australia, with probabilistic linkage with death registries. After excluding elective surgery, admissions were stratified acco

SUBMITTER: Darvall JN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7941020 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature