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Differences and Similarities Among COVID-19 Patients Treated in Seven ICUs in Three Countries Within One Region: An Observational Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate healthcare system-driven variation in general characteristics, interventions, and outcomes in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients admitted to the ICU within one Western European region across three countries.

Design

Multicenter observational cohort study.

Setting

Seven ICUs in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine, one region across Belgium, The Netherlands, and Germany.

Patients

Consecutive COVID-19 patients supported in the ICU during the first pandemic wave.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics, laboratory values, and outcome data were retrieved after ethical approval and data-sharing agreements. Descriptive statistics were performed to investigate country-related practice variation. From March 2, 2020, to August 12, 2020, 551 patients were admitted. Mean age was 65.4 ± 11.2 years, and 29% were female. At admission, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II scores were 15.0 ± 5.5, 16.8 ± 5.5, and 15.8 ± 5.3 (p = 0.002), and Sequential Organ Failure Assessment scores were 4.4 ± 2.7, 7.4 ± 2.2, and 7.7 ± 3.2 (p < 0.001) in the Belgian, Dutch, and German parts of Euregio, respectively. The ICU mortality rate was 22%, 42%, and 44%, respectively (p < 0.001). Large differences were observed in the frequency of organ support, antimicrobial/inflammatory therapy application, and ICU capacity. Mixed-multivariable logistic regression analyses showed that differences in ICU mortality were independent of age, sex, disease severity, comorbidities, support strategies, therapies, and complications.

Conclusions

COVID-19 patients admitted to ICUs within one region, the Euregio Meuse-Rhine, differed significantly in general characteristics, applied interventions, and outcomes despite presumed genetic and socioeconomic background, admission diagnosis, access to international literature, and data collection are similar. Variances in healthcare systems' organization, particularly ICU capacity and admission criteria, combined with a rapidly spreading pandemic might be important drivers for the observed differences. Heterogeneity between patient groups but also healthcare systems should be presumed to interfere with outcomes in coronavirus disease 2019.

SUBMITTER: Mesotten D

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8923276 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Differences and Similarities Among COVID-19 Patients Treated in Seven ICUs in Three Countries Within One Region: An Observational Cohort Study.

Mesotten Dieter D Meijs Daniek A M DAM van Bussel Bas C T BCT Stessel Björn B Mehagnoul-Schipper Jannet J Hana Anisa A Scheeren Clarissa I E CIE Strauch Ulrich U van de Poll Marcel C G MCG Ghossein-Doha Chahinda C Buhre Wolfgang F F A WFFA Bickenbach Johannes J Vander Laenen Margot M Marx Gernot G van der Horst Iwan C C ICC

Critical care medicine 20220401 4

<h4>Objectives</h4>To investigate healthcare system-driven variation in general characteristics, interventions, and outcomes in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients admitted to the ICU within one Western European region across three countries.<h4>Design</h4>Multicenter observational cohort study.<h4>Setting</h4>Seven ICUs in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine, one region across Belgium, The Netherlands, and Germany.<h4>Patients</h4>Consecutive COVID-19 patients supported in the ICU during the first ...[more]

PMID: 34636804

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Dataset Information

Differences and Similarities Among COVID-19 Patients Treated in Seven ICUs in Three Countries Within One Region: An Observational Cohort Study.

Objectives

Design

Setting

Patients

Interventions

Measurements and main results

Conclusions

Publications

Differences and Similarities Among COVID-19 Patients Treated in Seven ICUs in Three Countries Within One Region: An Observational Cohort Study.

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