Hospital Variation in Management and Outcomes of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Due to COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To describe hospital variation in use of "guideline-based care" for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) due to COVID-19.

Design

Retrospective, observational study.

Setting

The Society of Critical Care Medicine's Discovery Viral Infection and RESPIRATORY ILLNESS UNIVERSAL STUDY COVID-19 REGISTRY.

Patients

Adult patients with ARDS due to COVID-19 between February 15, 2020, and April 12, 2021.

Interventions

Hospital-level use of "guideline-based care" for ARDS including low-tidal-volume ventilation, plateau pressure less than 30 cm H₂O, and prone ventilation for a Pao₂/Fio₂ ratio less than 100.

Measurements and main results

Among 1,495 adults with COVID-19 ARDS receiving care across 42 hospita

SUBMITTER: Johnson SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8860338 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature