Differences in mortality in critically ill elderly patients during the second COVID-19 surge in Europe.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The primary aim of this study was to assess the outcome of elderly intensive care unit (ICU) patients treated during the spring and autumn COVID-19 surges in Europe.

Methods

This was a prospective European observational study (the COVIP study) in ICU patients aged 70 years and older admitted with COVID-19 disease from March to December 2020 to 159 ICUs in 14 European countries. An electronic database was used to register a number of parameters including: SOFA score, Clinical Frailty Scale, co-morbidities, usual ICU procedures and survival at 90 days. The study was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04321265).

Results

In total, 2625 patients were included, 1327 from the first and 1298 from the second surge. Median age was 74 and 75 years in surge 1 and 2,

SUBMITTER: Jung C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8459701 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature