Hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19 during the Omicron wave in Israel - benefits of a fourth vaccine dose.

Tal Brosh-NissimovKhetam HusseinYonit Wiener-WellEfrat Orenbuch-HarrochMeital ElbazShelly Lipman-ArensYasmin MaorYael YagelBibiana ChazanMirit Hershman-SarafovGalia RahavOren ZimhonyAdi Zaidman ShimshovitzMichal Chowers

Published in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2022)

Among hospitalized patients with severe/critical breakthrough COVID-19, a recent fourth dose was associated with significant protection against mechanical ventilation or death, compared to three doses.

Keyphrases

mechanical ventilation
coronavirus disease
sars cov
acute respiratory distress syndrome
intensive care unit
early onset
respiratory failure
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
drug induced