Surge Capacity in the COVID-19 Era: a Natural Experiment of Neurocritical Care in General Critical Care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 surges led to significant challenges in ensuring critical care capacity. In response, some centers leveraged neurocritical care (NCC) capacity as part of the surge response, with neurointensivists providing general critical care for patients with COVID-19 without neurologic illness. The relative outcomes of NCC critical care management of patients with COVID-19 remain unclear and may help guide further surge planning and provide broader insights into general critical care provided in NCC units.

Methods

We performed an observational cohort study of all patients requiring critical care for COVID-19 across four hospitals within the Emory Healthcare system during the first three surges. Patients were categorized on the basis of admission to intensive care uni

SUBMITTER: Philips S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9281288 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature