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Observational studyMedical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research2020

Intensive Care Unit Admissions During the First 3 Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Poland: A Single-Center, Cross-Sectional Study.

Izabela Kokoszka-Bargieł, Paweł Cyprys, Katarzyna Rutkowska, Jarosław Madowicz, Piotr Knapik

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Observational study in Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Izabela Kokoszka-BargiełDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Provincial Specialist Hospital, Tychy, Poland.
Paweł CyprysStudents' Scientific Society, Department of Cardiac Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
Katarzyna RutkowskaDepartment of Anesthesiology, Intensive Therapy and Emergency Medicine, Silesian Centre for Heart Diseases in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, Zabrze, Poland.
Jarosław MadowiczProvincial Specialist Hospital, Tychy, Poland.
Piotr KnapikDepartment of Anesthesiology, Intensive Therapy and Emergency Medicine, Silesian Centre for Heart Diseases in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, Zabrze, Poland.
Silesian Center for Heart Disease · PLMedical University of Silesia · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND Data on the outcomes of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) requiring Intensive Care Unit (ICU) care in Poland are limited. There are no data on critically ill patients with COVID-19 who did not meet criteria for ICU admission. MATERIAL AND METHODS We analyzed patients admitted to the ICU and those ineligible for ICU admission in a large COVID-19-dedicated hospital, during the first 3 months of the pandemic in Poland. Data from 67 patients considered for ICU admissions due to COVID-19 infection, treated between 10 March and 10 June 2020, were reviewed. Following exclusions, data on 32 patients admitted to the ICU and 21 patients ineligible for ICU admission were analyzed. RESULTS In 38% of analyzed patients, symptoms of COVID-19 infection occurred during a hospital stay for an unrelated medical issue. The mean age of ICU patients was 62.4 (10.4) years, and the majority of patients were male (69%), with at least one comorbidity (88%). The mean admission APACHE II and SAPS II scores were 20.1 (8.1) points and 51.2 (15.3) points, respectively. The Charlson Comorbidity Index and Clinical Frailty Scale were lower in ICU patients compared with those disqualified: 5.9 (4.3) vs. 9.1 (3.5) points, P=0.01, and 4.7 (1.7) vs. 6.9 (1.2) points, P<0.01, respectively. All ICU patients required intubation and mechanical ventilation. ICU mortality was 67%. Hospital mortality among patients admitted to the ICU and those who were disqualified was 70% and 79%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Patients with COVID-19 requiring ICU admission in our studied population were frail and had significant comorbidities. The outcomes in this group were poor and did not seem to be influenced by ICU admission.

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PandemicsAgedBetacoronavirusComorbidityCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Cross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHealth Status IndicatorsHospital MortalityHospitals, StateHumansIntensive Care UnitsIntubation, IntratrachealMaleMiddle Aged

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