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 Nyasha SigwadhiVeranyuy D NgahJacques Lukenze 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
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- coronavirus disease
- cardiovascular events
- sars cov
- south africa
- hiv positive
- risk factors
- respiratory failure
- antiretroviral therapy
- hepatitis c virus
- hiv infected
- physical activity
- hiv testing
- hiv aids
- coronary artery disease
- men who have sex with men
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus