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The association between mechanical ventilator compatible bed occupancy and mortality risk in intensive care patients with COVID-19: a national retrospective cohort study.

Harrison WildeThomas MellanIwona HawrylukJohn M DennisSpiros DenaxasChristina PagelAndrew DuncanSamir BhattSeth FlaxmanBilal Akhter MateenSebastian J Vollmer
Published in: BMC medicine (2021)
Increasing occupancy of beds compatible with mechanical ventilation, a proxy for operational strain, is associated with a higher mortality risk for individuals admitted to ICU. Further research is required to establish if this is a causal relationship or whether it reflects strain on other operational factors such as staff. If causal, the result highlights the importance of strategies to keep ICU occupancy low to mitigate the impact of this type of resource saturation.
Keyphrases
  • mechanical ventilation
  • acute respiratory distress syndrome
  • intensive care unit
  • respiratory failure
  • extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
  • quality improvement