Early experience with critically ill patients with COVID-19 in Montreal

PURPOSE: Montreal has been the epicentre of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Canada. Given the regional disparities in incidence and mortality in the general population, we aimed to describe local characteristics, treatments, and outcomes of critically ill COVID-19 patients in Montreal.

METHODS: A single-centre retrospective cohort of consecutive adult patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal with confirmed COVID-19 were included.

RESULTS: Between 20 March and 13 May 2020, 75 patients were admitted, with a median [interquartile range (IQR)] age of 62 [53-72] yr and high rates of obesity (47%), hypertension (67%), and diabetes (37%). Healthcare-related infections were responsible for 35% of cases. The median [IQR] day 1 sequential organ failure assessment score was 6 [3-7]. Invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) was used in 57% of patients for a median [IQR] of 11 [5-22] days. Patients receiving IMV were characterized by a moderately decreased median [IQR] partial pressure of oxygen:fraction of inspired oxygen (day 1 PaO2:FiO2 = 177 [138-276]; day 10 = 173 [147-227]) and compliance (day 1 = 48 [38-58] mL/cmH2O; day 10 = 34 [28-42] mL/cmH2O) and very elevated estimated dead space fraction (day 1 = 0.60 [0.53-0.67]; day 10 = 0.72 [0.69-0.79]). Overall hospital mortality was 25%, and 21% in the IMV patients. Mortality was 82% in patients ≥ 80 yr old.

CONCLUSIONS: Characteristics and outcomes of critically ill patients with COVID-19 in Montreal were similar to those reported in the existing literature. We found an increased physiologic dead space, supporting the hypothesis that pulmonary vascular injury may be central to COVID-19-induced lung damage.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:68

Enthalten in:

Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie - 68(2021), 2 vom: 16. Feb., Seite 204-213

Sprache:

Englisch

Weiterer Titel:

Expériences initiales avec les patients atteints de la COVID-19 en état critique à Montréal

Beteiligte Personen:

Cavayas, Yiorgos Alexandros [VerfasserIn]
Noël, Alexandre [VerfasserIn]
Brunette, Veronique [VerfasserIn]
Williamson, David [VerfasserIn]
Frenette, Anne Julie [VerfasserIn]
Arsenault, Christine [VerfasserIn]
Bellemare, Patrick [VerfasserIn]
Lagrenade-Verdant, Colin [VerfasserIn]
LeGuillan, Soazig [VerfasserIn]
Levesque, Emilie [VerfasserIn]
Lamarche, Yoan [VerfasserIn]
Giasson, Marc [VerfasserIn]
Rico, Philippe [VerfasserIn]
Beaulieu, Yanick [VerfasserIn]
Marsolais, Pierre [VerfasserIn]
Serri, Karim [VerfasserIn]
Bernard, Francis [VerfasserIn]
Albert, Martin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acute respiratory distress syndrome
COVID-19
Intensive care
Journal Article
Mechanical ventilation

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Date Completed 03.02.2021

Date Revised 03.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s12630-020-01816-z

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM315072059