High-altitude is associated with better short-term survival in critically ill COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU.

Autor: Simbaña-Rivera K; One Health Research Group, Faculty of Health Science, Universidad de Las Americas, Quito, Ecuador., Jaramillo PRM; Hospital Los Ceibos, Unidad de Terapia Intensiva, Guayaquil, Ecuador., Silva JVV; Hospital Quito Sur, Unidad de Terapia Intensiva, Quito, Ecuador., Gómez-Barreno L; One Health Research Group, Faculty of Health Science, Universidad de Las Americas, Quito, Ecuador., Campoverde ABV; Hospital Quito Sur, Unidad de Terapia Intensiva, Quito, Ecuador., Novillo Cevallos JF; Hospital Los Ceibos, Unidad de Terapia Intensiva, Guayaquil, Ecuador., Guanoquiza WEA; Hospital Quito Sur, Unidad de Terapia Intensiva, Quito, Ecuador., Guevara SLC; Hospital Los Ceibos, Unidad de Terapia Intensiva, Guayaquil, Ecuador., Castro LGI; Hospital Los Ceibos, Unidad de Terapia Intensiva, Guayaquil, Ecuador., Puerta NAM; Hospital Quito Sur, Unidad de Terapia Intensiva, Quito, Ecuador., Guayta Valladares AW; Hospital Los Ceibos, Unidad de Terapia Intensiva, Guayaquil, Ecuador., Lister A; University Hospital Southampton NHS FT, Southampton, United Kingdom., Ortiz-Prado E; One Health Research Group, Faculty of Health Science, Universidad de Las Americas, Quito, Ecuador.; Biomedicine Program, Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

Publikováno v: PloS one [PLoS One] 2022 Mar 31; Vol. 17 (3), pp. e0262423. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Mar 31 (Print Publication: 2022).