Characteristics and Outcome of Patients With COVID-19 in ICUs in South Tyrol

Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine

Status: Completed

Conditions: COVID-19; COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05077319

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Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators retrospectively investigate the epidemiology, clinical characteristics and therapeutic interventions of patients with COVID-19 associated respiratory failure admitted to the intensive care units in South Tyrol, Italy.

Full description

In this observational, retrospective study the epidemiology, characteristics, therapeutic interventions and outcome of patients with COVID-19 associated respiratory failure admitted to the intensive care units in South Tyrol, Italy, are assessed. Data extracted from the medical patients' records include type and duration of respiratory support (high-flow nasal oxygen, non-invasive ventilation, invasive ventilation), need for tracheostomy, vasopressor needs, antibiotic therapy, corticosteroid treatment, laboratory values (interleukin-6, C-reactive protein, procalcitonin, D-dimer, lymphocyte count), lengths of stay in the ICU and mortality.

Enrollment: 550 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All patients admitted to the intensive care units in South Tyrol due to COVID-19 associated respiratory failure

Exclusion criteria

• SARS-CoV-2 patients admitted to the intensive care units in South Tyrol for other pathologies (i.e., not respiratory failure)