[Critical patients COVID-19 Has changed the management and outcomes in the ICU after 1 year of the pandemic?A multicenter, prospective, observational study].

ABSTRACT: To compare the clinical characteristics, treatments, and evolution of critical patients with COVID-19 pneumonia treated in Intensive Care Units (ICU) after one year of pandemic. Multicenter, prospective study, which included critical COVID-19 patients in 9 ICUs in northwestern Spain. The clinical characteristics, treatments, and evolution of patients admitted to the ICU during the months of March-April 2020 (period 1) were compared with patients admitted in January-February 2021 (period 2). 337 patients were included (98 in period 1 and 239 in period 2). In period 2, fewer patients required invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) (65% vs 84%, p <0.001), using high-flow nasal cannulas (CNAF) more frequently (70% vs 7%, p <0.001), ventilation non-invasive mechanical (NIMV) (40% vs 14%, p <0.00

SUBMITTER: Rama-Maceiras P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8286862 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature