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[Preprint]. 2020 Apr 26:2020.04.23.20076737.
doi: 10.1101/2020.04.23.20076737.

ICU and ventilator mortality among critically ill adults with COVID-19

Sara C Auld  1   2   3 , Mark Caridi-Scheible  1   4 , James M Blum  1   4   5   6 , Chad Robichaux  5   6 , Colleen Kraft  7   8 , Jesse T Jacob  3   7 , Craig S Jabaley  1   4 , David Carpenter  1 , Roberta Kaplow  9 , Alfonso C Hernandez-Romieu  7 , Max W Adelman  7 , Greg S Martin  1   2   6 , Craig M Coopersmith  1   10 , David J Murphy  1   2   11 ; Emory COVID-19 Quality and Clinical Research Collaborative
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ICU and ventilator mortality among critically ill adults with COVID-19

Sara C Auld et al. medRxiv. .

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  • ICU and Ventilator Mortality Among Critically Ill Adults With Coronavirus Disease 2019.
    Auld SC, Caridi-Scheible M, Blum JM, Robichaux C, Kraft C, Jacob JT, Jabaley CS, Carpenter D, Kaplow R, Hernandez-Romieu AC, Adelman MW, Martin GS, Coopersmith CM, Murphy DJ; and the Emory COVID-19 Quality and Clinical Research Collaborative. Auld SC, et al. Crit Care Med. 2020 Sep;48(9):e799-e804. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004457. Crit Care Med. 2020. PMID: 32452888 Free PMC article.

Abstract

We report preliminary data from a cohort of adults admitted to COVID-designated intensive care units from March 6 through April 17, 2020 across an academic healthcare system. Among 217 critically ill patients, mortality for those who required mechanical ventilation was 29.7% (49/165), with 8.5% (14/165) of patients still on the ventilator at the time of this report. Overall mortality to date in this critically ill cohort is 25.8% (56/217), and 40.1% (87/217) patients have survived to hospital discharge. Despite multiple reports of mortality rates exceeding 50% among critically ill adults with COVID-19, particularly among those requiring mechanical ventilation, our early experience indicates that many patients survive their critical illness.

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Conflict of interest disclosures: None reported.

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Figure 1A.
Figure 1A.
Flow diagram for patients admitted to a COVID-ICU.
Figure 1B.
Figure 1B.
Flow diagram for patients admitted to a COVID-ICU who received any invasive mechanical ventilation
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