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SARS-COV-2
Mortality
intensive care units
Pakistan
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Abstract
Objective: To investigate different clinical and demographic parameters among COVID-19 patients admitted to the intensive care unit and to correlate these parameters with survival outcome.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit of Pakistan Air Force Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan, from January 2021 to December 2022. Ethical review was obtained. Calculated sample size was 340. Covid-19 diagnosed patients > 18 years of age admitted to the ICU were enrolled. Data related to socio-demography, HRCT chest score, need for mechanical ventilation, duration of ICU stay, and survival outcome were collected. The data were collected, entered, and analyzed using SPSS version 22.0. A p-value of <0.05 was taken as significant.
Results: This study includes 186 males and 154 females. Mean age was 55.8 ± 14.5. 82.6 % patients were RT-PCR positive. 59.7 % had >15 HRCT chest score. 77.9% needed mechanical ventilation. 50.9% had 4-7 days of ICU stay. 40.6% patients had co-morbidities. Mortality was 62.9 %.
Conclusion: This study concludes that old age, HRCT score>15, need for mechanical ventilation, prolonged ICU stay, and presence of co-morbidities were associated with increased mortality among COVID-19 ICU-admitted patients.
Keywords: COVID-19, Mortality, Intensive care units, Mechanical Ventilation
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