COVID-19-Associated Critical Illness-Report of the First 300 Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Units at a New York City Medical Center.
Sudham ChandSumit KapoorDeborah OrsiMelissa J FazzariTristan G TannerGenevieve C UmehMarjan IslamPeter V DicpinigaitisPublished in: Journal of intensive care medicine (2020)
Mortality in critical illness associated with COVID-19 is high. The majority of patients develop ARDS requiring mechanical ventilation, vasopressor-dependent shock, and AKI. The variation in mortality rates reported to date likely reflects differences in the severity of illness of the evaluated populations.
Keyphrases
- mechanical ventilation
- intensive care unit
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- end stage renal disease
- cardiovascular events
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- respiratory failure
- acute kidney injury
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- risk factors
- patient reported outcomes