ArticleAnnals of intensive care2020
Use of critical care resources during the first 2 weeks (February 24-March 8, 2020) of the Covid-19 outbreak in Italy.
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- Non-invasive respiratory support in the management of acute COVID-19 pneumonia: considerations for clinical practice and priorities for research.The Lancet. Respiratory medicine · 2022Review
- Elderly adults with COVID-19 admitted to intensive care unit: A narrative review.World journal of critical care medicine · 2021Article
- COVID-19 ICU mortality prediction: a machine learning approach using SuperLearner algorithm.Journal of anesthesia, analgesia and critical care · 2021Article
- Sharing Mechanical Ventilator: In Vitro Evaluation of Circuit Cross-Flows and Patient Interactions.Membranes · 2021Article
- Development of a Critical Care Response - Experiences from Italy During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic.Anesthesiology clinics · 2021Review
- How the COVID-19 pandemic will change the future of critical care.Intensive care medicine · 2021Review
- Triage policy of severe Covid-19 patients: what to do now?Annals of intensive care · 2021Article
- Two Consecutive Runs of Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in a Peripartum Patient with COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.Case reports in critical care · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundA Covid-19 outbreak developed in Lombardy, Veneto and Emilia-Romagna (Italy) at the end of February 2020. Fear of an imminent saturation of available ICU beds generated the notion that rationing of intensive care resources could have been necessary.
resultsIn order to evaluate the impact of Covid-19 on the ICU capacity to manage critically ill patients, we performed a retrospective analysis of the first 2 weeks of the outbreak (February 24-March 8). Data were collected from regional registries and from a case report form sent to participating sites. ICU beds increased from 1545 to 1989 (28.7%), and patients receiving respiratory support outside the ICU increased from 4 (0.6%) to 260 (37.0%). Patients receiving respiratory support outside the ICU were significantly older [65 vs. 77 years], had more cerebrovascular (5.8 vs. 13.1%) and renal (5.3 vs. 10.0%) comorbidities and less obesity (31.4 vs. 15.5%) than patients admitted to the ICU. PaO
conclusionsIncrease in ICU beds and use of out-of-ICU respiratory support allowed effective management of the first 14 days of the Covid-19 outbreak, avoiding resource rationing.
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