Lower blood pH as a strong prognostic factor for fatal outcomes in critically ill COVID-19 patients at an intensive care unit: A multivariable analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Data of critically ill COVID-19 patients are being evaluated worldwide, not only to understand the various aspects of the disease and to refine treatment strategies but also to improve clinical decision-making. For clinical decision-making in particular, prognostic factors of a lethal course of the disease would be highly relevant.

Methods

In this retrospective cohort study, we analyzed the first 59 adult critically ill Covid-19 patients treated in one of the intensive care units of the University Medical Center Regensburg, Germany. Using uni- and multivariable regression models, we extracted a set of parameters that allowed for prognosing in-hospital mortality.

Results

Within the cohort, 19 patients died (mortality 32.2%). Blood pH value, mean arterial pre

SUBMITTER: Kieninger M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8480873 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature