Characteristics and definitive outcomes of COVID-19 patients admitted to a secondary hospital intensive care unit in Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Most published reports of COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients are from large tertiary hospitals and often present short-term or incomplete outcome data. There are reports indicating that ICUs with fewer beds are associated with higher mortality. This study aimed to investigate the definitive outcome and patient characteristics of the complete first wave of COVID-19 patients admitted to ICU in a secondary hospital.

Methods

In this prospective observational study, all patients with respiratory failure and a positive SARS-CoV-2 test admitted to Västerås Hospital ICU between 24 March and July 22, 2020 were included. The primary outcome was defined as 90-day mortality. Secondary outcomes included ICU length of stay, hospital length of stay, number of d

SUBMITTER: Sjostrom B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8670731 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature