COVID-19 Patients Admitted to the ICU

Ministry of Health, Kuwait

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Covid19

Treatments: Other: no intervention will be administered, this is a retrospective observational study.

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04816786

1591/2020

Details and patient eligibility

About

A retrospective analysis of the adult COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU. A chart review will be conducted and multiple baseline characteristics, demographics, and treatments given will be recorded.

Variables collected will include Age, Gender, BMI, Smoking status, Past medical history, Vital signs on admission, symptoms on admission, duration of symptoms, laboratory results on admission, treatment given. Treatment options will include (Steroids, plasma exchange, IVIG, antibiotics, mode of respiratory support).

Primary outcomes will include; Death, duration of ICU stay, duration of mechanical ventilation, in-hospital complications.

A regression model will be used to predict poor prognostic factors. Inclusion criteria: patients with confirmed PCR results for COVID-19 AND require ICU admission. Exclusion criteria: those with negative results, pediatric patients and those not requiring ICU admission.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adults
• Positive PCR test for COVID-19
• Require admission to ICU

Exclusion criteria

• Pediatric patients\
• Any patient not requiring admission to ICU

Trial design

100 participants in 2 patient groups

Group 1: Admitted to ICU and died during the hospital stay.

Treatment:

Other: no intervention will be administered, this is a retrospective observational study.

Group 2: Admitted to ICU was were discharged.

Treatment:

Other: no intervention will be administered, this is a retrospective observational study.