TRANSCOV cohort protocol: an epidemiological study assessing the impact of critically ill COVID-19 patients long distance transfers between intensive care units.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

During spring 2020, four regions of France faced a surge of severe COVID-19 patients which threatened to overflow local intensive care units (ICU) capacities. As an emergency response, between 13 March 2020 and 10 April 2020, an estimated 661 patients were transferred from overcrowded ICUs to eight other French regions and four neighbouring countries. The intensity, geographical spread and the diversity of vectors used are unprecedented. The study aims at assessing the impact of these inter-ICU transfers on the short-term and medium-term physical and psychological outcomes in this population of severe COVID-19 patients.

Methods and analysis

The TRANSCOV cohort is a multicentre observational retrospective study. All transferred patients between ICUs outside the o

SUBMITTER: Grimaud O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8532140 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature