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ArticleInternational journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases2021

Clinical features and outcomes of critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): A multicenter cohort study.

Khalid A Al Sulaiman, Ohoud Aljuhani, Khalid Eljaaly, Aisha A Alharbi, Adel M Al Shabasy, Alawi S Alsaeedi, Mashael Al Mutairi, Hisham A Badreldin, Shmeylan A Al Harbi, Hussain A Al Haji and 3 more

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Article in International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. The effect of oseltamivir use in critically ill patients with COVID-19: A multicenter propensity score-matched study.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2023
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  16. The safety and effectiveness of tocilizumab in older adult critically ill patients with COVID-19: a multicenter, cohort study.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Khalid A Al SulaimanPharmaceutical Care Department, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; College of Pharmacy, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: alsulaimankh@hotmail.com.
Ohoud AljuhaniDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Khalid EljaalyDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States.
Aisha A AlharbiPharmaceutical Care Department, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Adel M Al ShabasyDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Ain Shams University, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt.
Alawi S AlsaeediDepartment of Intensive Care, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mashael Al MutairiPharmaceutical Care Department, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Hisham A BadreldinPharmaceutical Care Department, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; College of Pharmacy, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Shmeylan A Al HarbiPharmaceutical Care Department, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; College of Pharmacy, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Hussain A Al HajiDepartment of Respiratory Services, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Omar I Al ZumaiDepartment of Respiratory Services, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ramesh K VishwakarmaBiostatistics and Bioinformatics Department, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulmalik AlkatheriPharmaceutical Care Department, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; College of Pharmacy, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences · SAKing Abdulaziz Medical City · SAKing Abdulaziz University · SAAin Shams University · EGKing Abdullah International Medical Research Center · SAUniversity of Arizona · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCoronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) manifested by a broad spectrum of symptoms, ranging from asymptomatic manifestations to severe illness and death. The purpose of the study was to extensively describe the clinical features and outcomes in critically ill patients with COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia.

methodThis was a multicenter, non-interventional cohort study for all critically ill patients aged 18 years or older, admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) between March 1 to August 31, 2020, with an objectively confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19. The diagnosis of COVID-19 was confirmed by Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) on nasopharyngeal and/or throat swabs. Multivariate logistic regression and generalized linear regression were used. We considered a P value of <0.05 statistically significant.

resultsA total of 560 patients met the inclusion criteria. An extensive list of clinical features was associated with higher 30-day ICU mortality rates, such as requiring mechanical ventilation (MV) or developing acute kidney injury within 24 hours of ICU admission, higher body temperature, white blood cells, blood glucose level, serum creatinine, fibrinogen, procalcitonin, creatine phosphokinase, aspartate aminotransferase, and total iron-binding capacity. During ICU stay, the most common complication was respiratory failure that required MV (71.4%), followed by acute kidney injury (AKI) and thrombosis with a proportion of 46.8% and 11.4%, respectively.

conclusionAmong patients with COVID-19 who were admitted to the ICU, several variables were associated with an increased risk of ICU mortality at 30 days. Respiratory failure that required MV, AKI, and thrombosis were the most common complications during ICU stay.

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Critical IllnessSARS-CoV-2Acute Kidney InjuryAdolescentAdultAgedCohort StudiesCOVID-19FemaleHumansIntensive Care UnitsLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedRespiration, Artificial30-day ICU mortalityClinical featuresCOVID19Critically illIntensive care units (ICUs)

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PMID33601030
PMCPMC7882917
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