Risk factors associated with mortality among elderly patients with COVID-19: Data from 55 intensive care units in Spain.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction and objectives

Critically-ill elderly ICU patients with COVID-19 have poor outcomes. We aimed to compare the rates of in-hospital mortality between non-elderly and elderly critically-ill COVID-19 ventilated patients, as well as to analyze the characteristics, secondary outcomes and independent risk factors associated with in-hospital mortality of elderly ventilated patients.

Patients and methods

We conducted a multicentre, observational cohort study including consecutive critically-ill patients admitted to 55 Spanish ICUs due to severe COVID-19 requiring mechanical ventilation (non-invasive respiratory support [NIRS; include non-invasive mechanical ventilation and high-flow nasal cannula] and invasive mechanical ventilation [IMV]) between February 2020 and Octob

SUBMITTER: Cilloniz C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9935281 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature