Comparison of patient characteristics and long-term mortality between transferred and non-transferred COVID-19 patients in Dutch intensive care units: A national cohort study

Autor: Wortel, Safira A., Bakhshi-Raiez, Ferishta, Termorshuizen, Fabian, de Lange, Dylan W., Dongelmans, Dave A., de Keizer, Nicolette F., Arbous, M. S., Barnas, M. G. W., Bindels, A. J. G. H., Boer, D. P., Bosman, R. J., Brunnekreef, G. B., de Bruin, M. Th., de Graaff, M., de Jong, R. M., de Meijer, A. R., de Ruijter, W., de Waal, R., Dijkhuizen, A., Dormans, T. P. J., Draisma, A., Drogt, I., Eikemans, B. J. W., Elbers, P. W. G., Epker, J. L., Erkamp, M. L., Festen-Spanjer, B., Frenzel, T., Gommers, D., Gritters, N. C., Hené, I. Z., Hoeksema, M., Holtkamp, J. W. M., Hoogendoorn, M. E., Houwink, A. P. I., Jacobs, C. J. M. G., Janssen, I. T. A., Kieft, H., Koetsier, M. P., Koning, T. J. J., Kusadasi, N., Lens, J. A., Lutisan, J. G., Mehagnoul-Schipper, D. J., Moolenaar, D., Nooteboom, F., Pruijsten, R. V., Ramnarain, D., Reidinga, A. C., Rengers, E., Rijkeboer, A. A., Rozendaal, F. W., Schnabel, R. M., Silderhuis, V. M., Spijkstra, J. J., Spronk, P., te Velde, L. F., Urlings-Strop, L. C., van Bussel, B. C. T., van den Berg, A. E., van den Berg, R., van der Voort, P. H. J., van Driel, E. M., van Gulik, L., van Iersel, F. M., van Lieshout, M., van Slobbe-Bijlsma, E. R., van Tellingen, M., Vandeputte, J., Verbiest, D. P., Versluis, D. J., Verweij, E., Mos, M. Vrolijk-de, Wesselink, R. M. J.
Přispěvatelé: Graduate School, Medical Informatics, APH - Methodology, APH - Quality of Care, Intensive Care Medicine, APH - Digital Health, Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, ACS - Microcirculation, ANS - Neurovascular Disorders
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, 66(9), 1107-1115. Blackwell Munksgaard
ISSN: 0001-5172
Popis: Background: COVID-19 patients were often transferred to other intensive care units (ICUs) to prevent that ICUs would reach their maximum capacity. However, transferring ICU patients is not free of risk. We aim to compare the characteristics and outcomes of transferred versus non-transferred COVID-19 ICU patients in the Netherlands. Methods: We included adult COVID-19 patients admitted to Dutch ICUs between March 1, 2020 and July 1, 2021. We compared the patient characteristics and outcomes of non-transferred and transferred patients and used a Directed Acyclic Graph to identify potential confounders in the relationship between transfer and mortality. We used these confounders in a Cox regression model with left truncation at the day of transfer to analyze the effect of transfers on mortality during the 180 days after ICU admission. Results: We included 10,209 patients: 7395 non-transferred and 2814 (27.6%) transferred patients. In both groups, the median age was 64 years. Transferred patients were mostly ventilated at ICU admission (83.7% vs. 56.2%) and included a larger proportion of low-risk patients (70.3% vs. 66.5% with mortality risk
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