Delayed intubation is associated with mortality in patients with severe COVID-19: A single-centre observational study in Switzerland.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Switzerland experienced two waves of COVID-19 in 2020, but with a different ICU admission and treatment management strategy. The timing of ICU admission and intubation remains a matter of debate in severe patients. The aim of our study was to describe the characteristics of ICU patients between two subsequent waves of COVID-19 who underwent a different management strategy and to assess whether the timing of intubation was associated with differences in mortality.

Patients and methods

We conducted a prospective observational study of all adult patients with acute respiratory failure due to COVID-19 who required intubation between the 9^th of March 2020 and the 9^th of January 2021 in the intensive care unit (ICU) at Geneva University Hospitals

SUBMITTER: Le Terrier C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9040513 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature