Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19

Conditions

COVID-19, Critical Illness

Brief summary

Objective of this observational multicentric retrospective-prospective study is to describe the number and the characteristics of patients with Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) for SARS-CoV2 positivity admitted to Intensive Care Units during the first 6 months of epidemic.

Protti A, Madotto F, Florio G, Bove T, Carlesso E, Casella G, Dalla Corte F, Foti G, Giudici R, Langer T, Montalto C, Rezoagli E, Santini A, Terragni P, Zanella A, Grasselli G, Cecconi M.

2024-09-25

10.1016/j.jcrc.2024.154921

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10.1186/s13054-022-04049-2

Hospital-Acquired Infections in Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19.

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2021-04-20262 citations

10.1016/j.chest.2021.04.002

Prone position in intubated, mechanically ventilated patients with COVID-19: a multi-centric study of more than 1000 patients.

Langer T, Brioni M, Guzzardella A, Carlesso E, Cabrini L, Castelli G, Dalla Corte F, De Robertis E, Favarato M, Forastieri A, Forlini C, Girardis M, Grieco DL, Mirabella L, Noseda V, Previtali P, Protti A, Rona R, Tardini F, Tonetti T, Zannoni F, Antonelli M, Foti G, Ranieri M, Pesenti A, Fumagalli R, Grasselli G, PRONA-COVID Group.

2021-04-06161 citations

10.1186/s13054-021-03552-2

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

OTHER

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

No

Inclusion criteria

* Adulthood * Informed consent obtained

Exclusion criteria

* No informed consent obtained

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Overall number and characteristics of patients with COVID-19 in ICU	22nd February - 22nd August 2020	Number and characteristics of patients with COVID-19 admitted in Intensive Care Units every week.

Countries

Italy

Contacts

Primary ContactGiacomo Grasselli, MD

giacomo.grasselli@unimi.it+390255033285

Outcome results