Relationship Between a State-Directed Lockdown on Non-COVID-19–related ICU Admissions and Mortality in a Multicenter Colorado Healthcare System

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES: Colorado issued a month long statewide lockdown on March 26, 2020, during the initial surge of the COVID-19 pandemic. The impact of this mandate on non–COVID-19 ICU admission rates and outcomes is unclear.

DESIGN:

We performed a retrospective analysis of all medical ICU admissions in the University of Colorado Health System in four predefined periods: 1) prepandemic (2 mo prior to lockdown period 1); 2) mandated lockdown from March 26 to April 26, 2020 (period 2); 3) between surges (period 3); and 4) nonmandated lockdown surge (between November 1, 2020, and March 31, 2021, period 4).

SETTING:

Nonsurgical ICU admissions at the University of Colorado Health Systems, including 10 hospitals throughout Colorado.

SUBJECTS:

All ICU admissions in four predefi

SUBMITTER: Park B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9726320 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature