Critically ill COVID-19 patients attended by anesthesiologists in northwestern Spain : a multicenter prospective observational study

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: There are limited information on outcome, complications and treatments of critically ill COVID-19 patients requiring admission to an intensive care unit (ICU). The aim of this study is to describe the clinical ICU course, treatments used, complications and outcomes, of critically ill COVID-19 patients admitted in seven ICU in Galicia region during the 2020 March-April pandemic peak.

METHODS: Between March 21 and April 19, 2020, we evaluated critically ill COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU of Anesthesia of seven hospitals in Galicia, northwestern Spain. Outcome, complications, and treatments were monitored until May 6, 2020, the final date of follow-up.

RESULTS: A total of 97 critically ill COVID-19 patients were included. During ICU stay, mechanical ventilation became necessary in 80 (82.5%) patients, and tracheostomy in 22 (22.7%) patients. Prone position was used frequently in both intubated (67.5%) and awake (27.8%) patients. Medications consisted of antivirals agents (92.7%), corticosteroids (93.8%), tocilizumab (57.7%), and intermediate or high doses of anticoagulants (83.5%). The most frequent complications were ICU-acquired infection (52.6%), thrombosis events (16.5%), and reintubation (9.3%). After a median follow-up of 42 (34-45) days, 15 patients (15.5%) deceased, 73 patients (75.2%) had been discharged from ICU, and nine patients (9.3%) were still in the ICU.

CONCLUSIONS: A high proportion of our critically ill COVID-19 patients required mechanical ventilation, prone positioning, antiviral medication, corticosteroids, and anticoagulants. ICU complications were frequent, mainly infections and thrombotic events. We had a relatively low mortality of 15,5%.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:68

Enthalten in:

Revista espanola de anestesiologia y reanimacion - 68(2021), 1 vom: 10. Jan., Seite 10-20

Sprache:

Englisch

Weiterer Titel:

Pacientes críticos COVID-19 atendidos por anestesiólogos en el Noroeste de España: estudio multicéntrico, prospectivo, observacional

Beteiligte Personen:

Taboada, M [VerfasserIn]
Rama, P [VerfasserIn]
Pita-Romero, R [VerfasserIn]
Moreno, E [VerfasserIn]
Leal, S [VerfasserIn]
Varela, M [VerfasserIn]
Cid, M [VerfasserIn]
Caruezo, V [VerfasserIn]
Alvarado de la Torre, S [VerfasserIn]
Corujeira, M [VerfasserIn]
Sarmiento, A [VerfasserIn]
Domínguez, B [VerfasserIn]
Diaz, P [VerfasserIn]
Cánovas, L [VerfasserIn]
López Sánchez, M [VerfasserIn]
Vilas, E [VerfasserIn]
Rodríguez, A [VerfasserIn]
Freire, L [VerfasserIn]
Domínguez, S [VerfasserIn]
Baluja, A [VerfasserIn]
Atanassoff, P G [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
COVID-19
Corticoides
Corticosteroids
Critically ill patients
Decúbito prono
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Observational Study
Pacientes críticos
Prone positioning
Síndrome de distrés respiratorio agudo (SDRA)
SARS-CoV-2

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 08.02.2021

Date Revised 28.03.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.redar.2020.08.004

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM316466468