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ArticleCritical care explorations2024

Persistent Critical Illness and Long-Term Outcomes in Patients With COVID-19: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study.

Ryan Ruiyang Ling, William Bonavia, Mallikarjuna Ponnapa Reddy, David Pilcher, Ashwin Subramaniam

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Article in Critical care explorations, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Ryan Ruiyang LingYong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, National University Health System, Singapore.
William BonaviaDepartment of Intensive Care, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Mallikarjuna Ponnapa ReddyDepartment of Intensive Care, Frankston Hospital, Frankston, Victoria, Australia.
David PilcherAustralian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre (ANZIC-RC), School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Ashwin SubramaniamAustralian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre (ANZIC-RC), School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society · AUMonash University · AUNational University of Singapore · SGNepean Hospital · AUThe Alfred Hospital · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesA nontrivial number of patients in ICUs experience persistent critical illness (PerCI), a phenomenon in which features of the ICU course more consistently predict mortality than the initial indication for admission. We aimed to describe PerCI among patients with critical illness caused by COVID-19, and these patients' short- and long-term outcomes.

designMulticenter retrospective cohort study.

settingAustralian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Adult Patient Database of 114 Australian ICUs between January 1, 2020, and March 31, 2022. PATIENTS: Patients 16 years old or older with COVID-19, and a documented ICU length of stay. EXPOSURE: The presence of PerCI, defined as an ICU length of stay greater than or equal to 10 days. MEASUREMENTS: We compared the survival time up to 2 years from ICU admission using time-varying robust-variance estimated Cox proportional hazards models. We further investigated the impact of PerCI in subgroups of patients, stratifying based on whether they survived their initial hospitalization. MAIN

resultsWe included 4961 patients in the final analysis, and 882 patients (17.8%) had PerCI. ICU mortality was 23.4% in patients with PerCI and 6.5% in those without PerCI. Patients with PerCI had lower 2-year (70.9% [95% CI, 67.9-73.9%] vs. 86.1% [95% CI, 85.0-87.1%];

conclusionsIn this multicenter retrospective observational study patients with PerCI tended to have poorer short-term and long-term outcomes. However, the hazards of mortality plateaued beyond the first 10 days of ICU stay. Further studies should investigate predictors of developing PerCI, to better prognosticate long-term outcomes.

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Australia and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Adult Patient DatabaseCOVID-19pandemicpersistent critical illness

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