Early intubation and decreased in-hospital mortality in patients with coronavirus disease 2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Some academic organizations recommended that physicians intubate patients with COVID-19 with a relatively lower threshold of oxygen usage particularly in the early phase of pandemic. We aimed to elucidate whether early intubation is associated with decreased in-hospital mortality among patients with novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) who required intubation.

Methods

A multicenter, retrospective, observational study was conducted at 66 hospitals in Japan where patients with moderate-to-severe COVID-19 were treated between January and September 2020. Patients who were diagnosed as COVID-19 with a positive reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction test and intubated during admission were included. Early intubation was defined as intubation conducted in t

SUBMITTER: Yamamoto R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9073819 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature