Relationship between institutional intensive care volume prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and in-hospital death in ventilated patients with severe COVID-19

S Amagasa, M Kashiura, H Yasuda, M Hayakawa… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
We aimed to evaluate the association between ICU patient volume before the COVID-19
pandemic and the outcomes of ventilated COVID-19 patients. We analyzed ventilated …

Relationship between institutional ventilated COVID-19 case volume and in-hospital death: A multicenter cohort study

S Amagasa, S Uematsu, M Kubota, M Kashiura… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background The volume-outcome relationship in patients with severe Coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) is unclear and is important for establishing a system for the medical care …

Association of intensive care unit patient load and demand with mortality rates in US Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic

DM Bravata, AJ Perkins, LJ Myers, G Arling… - JAMA network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Although strain on hospital capacity has been associated with increased
mortality in nonpandemic settings, studies are needed to examine the association between …

Mortality of mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients in traditional versus expanded intensive care units in New York

M Nishikimi, D Jafari, N Singh, K Shinozaki… - Annals of the …, 2022 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: During the first wave of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in New
York City, the number of mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients rapidly surpassed the …

Comparison of clinical characteristics and hospital mortality in critically ill patients without COVID-19 before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a multicenter …

S Kim, H Choi, JK Sim, WJ Jung, YS Lee… - Annals of Intensive Care, 2022 - Springer
Background The high transmission and fatality rates of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-
19) strain intensive care resources and affect the treatment and prognosis of critically ill …

Medium-term impacts of the waves of the COVID-19 epidemic on treatments for non-COVID-19 patients in intensive care units: A retrospective cohort study in Japan

S Watanabe, J Shin, T Okuno, T Morishita, D Takada… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Maintaining critical care for non-Coronavirus-disease-2019 (non-COVID-19)
patients is a key pillar of tackling the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to …

Does unprecedented ICU capacity strain, as experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic, impact patient outcome?

ME Wilcox, KM Rowan, DA Harrison… - Critical care …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES: To determine whether patients admitted to an ICU during times of
unprecedented ICU capacity strain, during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom …

Hospital resources may be an important aspect of mortality rate among critically ill patients with COVID-19: the paradigm of Greece

C Routsi, E Magira, S Kokkoris, I Siembos… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
For critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) who require intensive
care unit (ICU) admission, extremely high mortality rates (even 97%) have been reported …

Heterogeneity in COVID-19 patient volume, characteristics and outcomes across US Department of Veterans Affairs facilities: an observational cohort study

DM Bravata, LJ Myers, AJ Perkins, S Keyhani… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective Studies describe COVID-19 patient characteristics and outcomes across
populations, but reports of variation across healthcare facilities are lacking. The objectives …

ICU strain and outcome in COVID-19 patients—A multicenter retrospective observational study

A Demoule, M Fartoukh, G Louis, E Azoulay… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Purpose To compare the characteristics, management, and prognosis of patients admitted to
intensive care units (ICU) for coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 during the first two waves of …