ICU strain and outcome in COVID-19 patients-A multicenter retrospective observational study.
Alexandre DemouleMuriel FartoukhGuillaume LouisElie AzoulaySafaa NemlaghiEdouard JullienCyrielle DesnosSebastien ClercElise YvinNouchan MellatiCyril CharronGuillaume VoiriotYoann PicardAntoine Vieillard-BaronMichael DarmonPublished in: PloS one (2022)
The characteristics and the management of patients varied between the first and the second wave of the pandemic. Rather than the wave, ICU strain was independently associated with 28-day mortality, but not with hospital mortality.