Clinical characteristics associated with mortality of COVID-19 patients admitted to an intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital in South Africa.
Peter Suwirakwenda NyasuluBirhanu T AyeleCoenraad F KoegelenbergElvis IrusenUsha LallaRazeen DavidsMogamat-Yazied ChothiaFrancois RetiefMarianne JohnsonStephen VenterRenilda PillayHans ProzeskyJantjie TaljaardArifa ParkerEric H DecloedtPortia JordanSa'ad LahriM Rafique MoosaMuhammad Saadiq MoollaAnteneh YalewNicola BainesPadi MaudElizabeth LouwAndre NortjeRory DunbarLovemore N SigwadhiVeranyuy D NgahJacques L TamuziAnnalise ZemlinZivanai ChapandukaRené EnglishBrian W AllwoodPublished in: PloS one (2022)
In this study, the mortality rate in COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU was high. Older age, the need for invasive mechanical ventilation, HIV status, and metabolic acidosis were found to be significant predictors of mortality in patients admitted to the ICU.
Keyphrases
- mechanical ventilation
- intensive care unit
- coronavirus disease
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- cardiovascular events
- south africa
- sars cov
- hiv positive
- risk factors
- respiratory failure
- antiretroviral therapy
- cardiovascular disease
- hiv infected
- physical activity
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- coronary artery disease
- hiv testing
- men who have sex with men
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus