Changes in the management and clinical outcomes of critically ill patients without COVID-19 during the pandemic.
Iván Alfredo HuespeAgustina MarcoEduardo PradoIndalecio Carboni BissoPablo CoriaNicolas GemelliEduardo San RománMarcos José Las HerasPublished in: Revista Brasileira de terapia intensiva (2021)
Intensive care unit protocols based on international recommendations for the COVID-19 pandemic have produced a change in non-COVID-19 patient management. We observed a reduction in the use of a high-flow nasal cannula and an increased number of tracheal intubations in the emergency department. However, no changes in the percentage of intubated patients in the intensive care unit, the number of mechanical ventilation days or the length of stay in intensive care unit.
Keyphrases
- intensive care unit
- mechanical ventilation
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- emergency department
- respiratory failure
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- patient reported outcomes
- obstructive sleep apnea
- clinical practice