Cardiac function in critically ill patients with severe COVID: A prospective cross-sectional study in mechanically ventilated patients.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate cardiac function in mechanically ventilated patients with COVID-19.

Materials and methods

Prospective, cross-sectional multicenter study in four university-affiliated hospitals in Chile. All consecutive patients with COVID-19 ARDS requiring mechanical ventilation admitted between April and July 2020 were included. We performed systematic transthoracic echocardiography assessing right and left ventricular function within 24 h of intubation.

Results

140 patients aged 57 ± 11, 29% female were included. Cardiac output was 5.1 L/min [IQR 4.5-6.2] and 86% of the patients required norepinephrine. ICU mortality was 29% (40 patients). Fifty-four patients (39%) exhibited right ventricle dilation out of whom 20 patients (14%) exhibited acute cor pulmonale (AC

SUBMITTER: Valenzuela ED 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9557772 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature