Predictors of Respiratory Support Use in Emergency Department Patients With COVID-19-Related Respiratory Failure.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Given the known downstream implications of choice of respiratory support on patient outcomes, all factors influencing these decisions, even those not limited to the patient, warrant close consideration. We examined the effect of emergency department (ED)-specific system factors, such as work load and census, on the use of noninvasive versus invasive respiratory support.

Methods

We conducted a multi-center retrospective cohort study of all adult subjects with severe COVID-19 requiring an ICU admission from 5 EDs within a single urban health care system. Subject demographics, severity of illness, and the type of respiratory support used were obtained. Using continuous measures of ED census, boarding, and active management, we estimated ED work load for each subjects

SUBMITTER: Goel NN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9994335 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature