Early Intubation and Increased Coronavirus Disease 2019 Mortality: A Propensity Score-Matched Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

There has been controversy about the timing and indications for intubation and mechanical ventilation in novel coronavirus disease 2019. This study assessed the effect of early intubation and mechanical ventilation on all-cause, inhospital mortality for coronavirus disease 2019 patients.

Design

Multicenter retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Eleven municipal hospitals in New York City from March 1, 2020, to December 1, 2020.

Patients

Adult patients who tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 in the emergency department were subsequently admitted. Patients with do-not-intubate orders at admission were excluded.

Interventions

Intubation within 48 hours of triage and intubation at any point during hospital stay.

Measurements and main resu

SUBMITTER: Parish AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8208412 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature