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Corrêa, Thiago Domingos; Midega, Thais Dias; Cordioli, Ricardo Luiz; Barbas, Carmen Silvia Valente; Rabello Filho, Roberto; Silva, Bruno Caldin da; Silva Júnior, Moacyr; Nawa, Ricardo Kenji; Carvalho, Fabrício Rodrigues Torres de; Matos, Gustavo Faissol Janot de; Lucinio, Neide Marcela; Rodrigues, Rodrigo Dias; Eid, Raquel Afonso Caserta; Bravim, Bruno de Arruda; Pereira, Adriano José; Santos, Bento Fortunato Cardoso Dos; Pinho, João Renato Rebello; Pardini, Andreia; Teich, Vanessa Damazio; Laselva, Claudia Regina; Cendoroglo Neto, Miguel; Klajner, Sidney; Ferraz, Leonardo José Rolim
Einstein (São Paulo, Brazil), 01/2023, Volume: 21Journal Article
To describe and compare the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients admitted to intensive care units during the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this retrospective single-center cohort study, data were retrieved from the Epimed Monitor System; all adult patients admitted to the intensive care unit between March 4, 2020, and October 1, 2021, were included in the study. We compared the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients admitted to the intensive care unit of a quaternary private hospital in São Paulo, Brazil, during the first (May 1, 2020, to August 31, 2020) and second (March 1, 2021, to June 30, 2021) waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. In total, 1,427 patients with COVID-19 were admitted to the intensive care unit during the first (421 patients) and second (1,006 patients) waves. Compared with the first wave group median (IQR), the second wave group was younger 57 (46-70) versus 67 (52-80) years; p<0.001, had a lower SAPS 3 Score 45 (42-52) versus 49 (43-57); p<0.001, lower SOFA Score on intensive care unit admission 3 (1-6) versus 4 (2-6); p=0.018, lower Charlson Comorbidity Index 0 (0-1) versus 1 (0-2); p<0.001, and were less frequently frail (10.4% versus 18.1%; p<0.001). The second wave group used more noninvasive ventilation (81.3% versus 53.4%; p<0.001) and high-flow nasal cannula (63.2% versus 23.0%; p<0.001) during their intensive care unit stay. The intensive care unit (11.3% versus 10.5%; p=0.696) and in-hospital mortality (12.3% versus 12.1%; p=0.998) rates did not differ between both waves. In the first and second waves, patients with severe COVID-19 exhibited similar mortality rates and need for invasive organ support, despite the second wave group being younger and less severely ill at the time of intensive care unit admission.
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