Clinical and organizational factors associated with mortality during the peak of first COVID-19 wave: the global UNITE-COVID study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To accommodate the unprecedented number of critically ill patients with pneumonia caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) expansion of the capacity of intensive care unit (ICU) to clinical areas not previously used for critical care was necessary. We describe the global burden of COVID-19 admissions and the clinical and organizational characteristics associated with outcomes in critically ill COVID-19 patients.

Methods

Multicenter, international, point prevalence study, including adult patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and a diagnosis of COVID-19 admitted to ICU between February 15th and May 15th, 2020.

Results

4994 patients from 280 ICUs in 46 countries were included. Included ICUs increased their total capa

SUBMITTER: Greco M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9123859 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature