Length of Stay in ICU of Covid-19 patients in England, March - May 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Length of Stay (LoS) in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) is an important measure for planning beds capacity during the Covid-19 pandemic. However, as the pandemic progresses and we learn more about the disease, treatment and subsequent LoS in ICU may change.

Objectives

To investigate the LoS in ICUs in England associated with Covid-19, correcting for censoring, and to evaluate the effect of known predictors of Covid-19 outcomes on ICU LoS.

Data sources

We used retrospective data on Covid-19 patients, admitted to ICU between 6 March and 24 May, from the "Covid-19 Hospitalisation in England Surveillance System" (CHESS) database, collected daily from England's National Health Service, and collated by Public Health England.

Methods

We used Accelerated Failu

SUBMITTER: Shryane N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8104060 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature