Value of early critical care transthoracic echocardiography for patients undergoing mechanical ventilation: a retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate whether early intensive care transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) can improve the prognosis of patients with mechanical ventilation (MV).

Design

A retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Patients undergoing MV for more than 48 hours, based on the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care III (MIMIC-III) database and the eICU Collaborative Research Database (eICU-CRD), were selected.

Participants

2931 and 6236 patients were recruited from the MIMIC-III database and the eICU database, respectively.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The primary outcome was in-hospital mortality. Secondary outcomes were 30-day mortality from the date of ICU admission, days free of MV and vasopressors 30 days after ICU admission, use of vasoactive dr

SUBMITTER: Jiang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8532545 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature