Structured ICU resource management in a pandemic is associated with favorable outcome in critically ill COVID‑19 patients.
Sebastian J KleinRomuald BellmannHannes DejacoStephan EschertzhuberDietmar FriesWilhelm FurtwänglerLukas GasteigerWalter HasibederRaimund HelbokChristoph HochholdStefanie HoferLukas KirchmairChristoph KrismerEugen LadnerGeorg F LehnerSimon MathisAndreas MayrMarkus MittermayrAndreas PeerChristian Preuß HernándezBruno ReitterMathias StröhleMichael SwobodaClaudius ThoméMichael JoannidisPublished in: Wiener klinische Wochenschrift (2020)
Critically ill COVID-19 patients in Tyrol showed high severity of disease often requiring complex treatment with increased lengths of ICU and hospital stay. Nevertheless, the mortality was found to be remarkably low, which may be attributed to our adaptive surge response providing sufficient ICU resources.