Characteristics and outcome of COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU: a nationwide cohort study on the comparison between the first and the consecutive upsurges of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To assess trends in the quality of care for COVID-19 patients at the ICU over the course of time in the Netherlands.

Methods

Data from the National Intensive Care Evaluation (NICE)-registry of all COVID-19 patients admitted to an ICU in the Netherlands were used. Patient characteristics and indicators of quality of care during the first two upsurges (N = 4215: October 5, 2020-January 31, 2021) and the final upsurge of the second wave, called the 'third wave' (N = 4602: February 1, 2021-June 30, 2021) were compared with those during the first wave (N = 2733, February-May 24, 2020).

Results

During the second and third wave, there were less patients treated with mechanical ventilation (58.1 and 58.2%) and vasoactive drugs (48.0 and 44.7%) compared to the first

SUBMITTER: Dongelmans DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8755895 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature