Massimiliano Greco, Thomas De Corte, Ari Ercole, Massimo Antonelli, Elie Azoulay, Giuseppe Citerio, Andy Conway Morris, Gennaro De Pascale, Frantisek Duska, Paul Elbers, Sharon Einav, Lui Forni, Laura Galarza, Armand R J Girbes, Giacomo Grasselli, Vitaly Gusarov, Alasdair Jubb, Jozef Kesecioglu, Andrea Lavinio, Maria Cruz Martin Delgado, Johannes Mellinghoff, Sheila Nainan Myatra, Marlies Ostermann, Mariangela Pellegrini, Pedro Povoa, Stefan J Schaller, Jean-Louis Teboul, Adrian Wong, Jan J De Waele, Maurizio Cecconi
PURPOSE: To accommodate the unprecedented number of critically ill patients with pneumonia caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) expansion of the capacity of intensive care unit (ICU) to clinical areas not previously used for critical care was necessary. We describe the global burden of COVID-19 admissions and the clinical and organizational characteristics associated with outcomes in critically ill COVID-19 patients. METHODS: Multicenter, international, point prevalence study, including adult patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and a diagnosis of COVID-19 admitted to ICU between February 15th and May 15th, 2020...
June 2022: Intensive Care Medicine