biostudies-literatureCirillo CBritish Heart Foundatione059358https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9716800biostudies-literatureUnknown12(12)<h4>Objectives</h4>The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of echocardiographic parameters, laboratory findings and clinical characteristics with in-hospital mortality in adult patients with COVID-19 admitted to the intensive care units (ICU) in two large collaborating tertiary UK centres.<h4>Design</h4>Observational retrospective study.<h4>Setting</h4>The study was conducted in patients admitted to the ICU in two large tertiary centres in London, UK.<h4>Participants</h4>Inclusion criteria were: (1) patients admitted to the ICU with a COVID-19 diagnosis over a period of 16 weeks. and (2) underwent a transthoracic echocardiogram on the first day of ICU admission as clinically indicated.No exclusion criteria applied.Three hundred patients were enrolled and completed the folBMJ openPredictors of in-hospital mortality in critically ill patients with COVID-19: a large dual tertiary centre study.PMC9716800PG/19/9/34228Tountas CZuckerman MDhariwal AStylianidis VPapachristidis ARyan MNakou EFonseca TVictor KDesai NSinclair HOsborne AShah AMGeorgiopoulos GHua APerera DMonaghan MToth ECorcoran ENabeebaccus AADemir OMCirillo CPericao AO'Gallagher KFisher RMarvaki APearson PCarr-White GfalsePredictors of in-hospital mortality in critically ill patients with COVID-19: a large dual tertiary centre study.<h4>Objectives</h4>The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of echocardiographic parameters, laboratory findings and clinical characteristics with in-hospital mortality in adult patients with COVID-19 admitted to the intensive care units (ICU) in two large collaborating tertiary UK centres.<h4>Design</h4>Observational retrospective study.<h4>Setting</h4>The study was conducted in patients admitted to the ICU in two large tertiary centres in London, UK.<h4>Participants</h4>Inclusion criteria were: (1) patients admitted to the ICU with a COVID-19 diagnosis over a period of 16 weeks. and (2) underwent a transthoracic echocardiogram on the first day of ICU admission as clinically indicated.No exclusion criteria applied.Three hundred patients were enrolled and completed the fol2022-01-01T00:00:00Z2022 Dec2025-04-26T12:36:57.445Z2025-04-06T13:59:12.656ZS-EPMC97168003645600910.1136/bmjopen-2021-059358