Critically ill COVID-19 patients in northeast Brazil: mortality predictors during the first and second waves including SAPS 3.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS) 3 is a reliable score to predict mortality. This study aims to investigate the predictive values of SAPS 3 and other clinical parameters for death in critically ill coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients.

Methods

This is a prospective study in a tertiary hospital for patients who required intensive care due to COVID-19 infection in northeast Brazil. Two distinct groups were constructed according to the epidemiological data: first wave and second wave. The severity of patients admitted was estimated using the SAPS 3 score.

Results

A total of 767 patients were included: 290 were enrolled in the first wave and 477 in the second wave. Patients in the first wave had more comorbidities, were put on mechanical ven

SUBMITTER: Lazaro APP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9129229 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature