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Observational studyJournal of critical care2020

COVID-19 in critically ill patients in North Brabant, the Netherlands: Patient characteristics and outcomes.

F E Aleva, L van Mourik, M E A C Broeders, A J Paling, C P C de Jager

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Observational study in Journal of critical care, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Quality-Adjusted Life-Years Lost Due to COVID-19 Mortality: Methods and Application for The Netherlands.Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research · 2022
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  18. Laryngeal complications of COVID-19.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

F E AlevaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands; Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Electronic address: Floor.Aleva@radboudumc.nl.
L van MourikDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.
M E A C BroedersDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.
A J PalingDepartment of Intensive Care Medicine, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.
C P C de JagerDepartment of Intensive Care Medicine, Jeroen Bosch Hospital, 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.
Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeSince the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, countries are overwhelmed by critically ill Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. As ICU capacity becomes limited we characterized critically ill COVID-19 patients in the Netherlands.

methodsIn this case series, COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU of the Jeroen Bosch Hospital were included from March 9 to April 7, 2020. COVID-19 was confirmed by a positive result by a RT-PCR of a specimen collected by nasopharyngeal swab. Clinical data were extracted from medical records.

resultsThe mean age of the 50 consecutively included critically ill COVID-19 patients was 65 ± 10 years, the mean BMI was 29 ± 4.7 and 66% were men. Seventy-eight percent of patients had ≥1 comorbidity, 34% had hypertension. Ninety-six percent of patients required mechanical ventilation and 80% were ventilated in prone position. Venous thromboembolism was recognized in 36% of patients. Seventy-four percent of patients survived and were successfully discharged from the ICU, the remaining 26% died (median follow up 86 days). The length of invasive ventilation in survivors was 15 days (IQR 12-31).

conclusionsThe survival rate of COVID-19 critically ill patients in our population is considerably better than previously reported. Thrombotic complications are commonly found and merit clinical attention. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NL2020.07.04.01.

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COVID-19 Drug TreatmentRespiration, ArtificialAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBody Mass IndexCOVID-19 Nucleic Acid TestingCritical CareCritical IllnessFemaleHospitalizationHumansIntensive Care UnitsLungMaleMiddle AgedCOVID-19Critical care.Mortality.SARS- Cov-2.Venous Thromboembolism.

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PMID32799179
PMCPMC7414357
OpenAlexW3048341790

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