Characteristics and outcome of COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU: a nationwide cohort study on the comparison between the first and the consecutive upsurges of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands.

Dave A DongelmansFabian TermorshuizenSylvia BrinkmanFerishta Bakhshi-RaiezM Sesmu ArbousDylan W de LangeBas C T van BusselNicolette F de Keizernull null

Published in: Annals of intensive care (2022)

These data show favorable shifts in the treatment of COVID-19 patients at the ICU over time. The adjusted mortality decreased in the third wave. The high ICU occupancy rate early in the pandemic does probably not explain the high mortality associated with COVID-19.

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