Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with COVID-19 admitted to the intensive care unit during the first and second waves of the pandemic in Brazil: a single-center retrospective cohort study

Autor: Thiago Domingos Corrêa, Thais Dias Midega, Ricardo Luiz Cordioli, Carmen Silvia Valente Barbas, Roberto Rabello Filho, Bruno Caldin da Silva, Moacyr Silva Júnior, Ricardo Kenji Nawa, Fabrício Rodrigues Torres de Carvalho, Gustavo Faissol Janot de Matos, Neide Marcela Lucinio, Rodrigo Dias Rodrigues, Raquel Afonso Caserta Eid, Bruno de Arruda Bravim, Adriano José Pereira, Bento Fortunato Cardoso dos Santos, João Renato Rebello Pinho, Andreia Pardini, Vanessa Damazio Teich, Claudia Regina Laselva, Miguel Cendoroglo Neto, Sidney Klajner, Leonardo José Rolim Ferraz
Jazyk: English<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Einstein (São Paulo), Vol 21 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2317-6385
DOI: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2023ao0233
Popis: ABSTRACT Objective To describe and compare the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients admitted to intensive care units during the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods In this retrospective single-center cohort study, data were retrieved from the Epimed Monitor System; all adult patients admitted to the intensive care unit between March 4, 2020, and October 1, 2021, were included in the study. We compared the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients admitted to the intensive care unit of a quaternary private hospital in São Paulo, Brazil, during the first (May 1, 2020, to August 31, 2020) and second (March 1, 2021, to June 30, 2021) waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. Results In total, 1,427 patients with COVID-19 were admitted to the intensive care unit during the first (421 patients) and second (1,006 patients) waves. Compared with the first wave group [median (IQR)], the second wave group was younger [57 (46-70) versus 67 (52-80) years; p
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