Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/11499/47829
Title: Characteristics and Outcomes of 974 Covid-19 Patients in Intensive Care Units in Turkey
Authors: Sungurtekin, Hulya
Ozgen, Cansu
Arslan, Ulku
Saracoglu, Kemal Tolga
Yarar, Volkan
Sari, Ahmet
Karaduman, Simay
Publisher: K Faisal Spec Hosp Res Centre
Abstract: BACKGROUND: In our previous report on Turkish COVID-19 patients requiring intensive care, the 24 patients in a single ICU were elderly and mortality was high. We extended our analysis to include patients admitted to ten ICUs. OBJECTIVES: Report the demographics, clinical features, imaging findings, comorbidities, and outcomes in COVID-19 patients. DESIGN: Retrospective. SETTING: Intensive care unit. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study includes patients with clinical and radiological confirmed or laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infection who were admitted to ten ICUs between 15 March and 30 June 2020. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Clinical outcomes, therapies, and death during hospitalization SAMPLE SIZE: 974, including 571 males (58%). RESULTS: The median age (range) was 72 (21-101) years for patients who died (n=632, 64.9%) and 70 (16-99) years for patients who lived (n=432, 35.2%) (P<.001). APACHE scores, and SOFA scores were higher in patients who died than in those who survived (P<.001, both comparisons). Respiratory failure was the most common cause of hospitalization (82.5%), and respiratory failure on admission was associated with death (P=.013). Most (n=719, 73.8%) underwent invasive mechanical ventilation therapy. CONCLUSIONS: The majority of patients admitted to the ICU with a diagnosis of COVID-19 require respiratory support. LIMITATIONS: Although the Turkish Ministry of Health made recommendations for the treatment of COVID-19 patients, patient management may not have been identical in all ten units.
Description: Sungurtekin, Hulya/0000-0002-9453-5625; Kavrut Ozturk, Nilgun/0000-0002-9320-0778; Akman, Damla/0000-0002-2303-636X; Kilinc, Gokhan/0000-0001-7979-6993; Turan Civraz, Ayse Zeynep/0000-0001-8548-8364
URI: https://doi.org/10.5144/0256-4947.2021.318
ISSN: 0256-4947
1319-9226
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