Covid19
Conditions
Brief summary
COVID-19, which emerged in China in December 2019, has become a pandemic with its spread to many countries of the world. Emergency departments also carried out an important part of the fight against pandemics in our country/Turkey. The emergency department including an intensive care unit is very few in this country/Turkey and the only hospital, which has an Emergency Intensive Care Unit (EICU) in Istanbul, is the study center. Therefore, this retrospective study aimed to provide useful information about how an effective EICU should be, especially how to use them during pandemic periods.
Detailed description
COVID-19, which emerged in China in December 2019, has become a pandemic with its spread to many countries of the world. Emergency departments also carried out an important part of the fight against pandemics in our country/Turkey. The emergency department including an intensive care unit is very few in this country/Turkey and the only hospital, which has an Emergency Intensive Care Unit (EICU) in Istanbul, is the study center. Throughout the pandemic, many patients, including COVID-19 patients, were successfully followed up and discharged from EICU. With this study, the investigators expect to show the role of EICU during the pandemic. In addition, it will be seen that whether the patients, who are waiting for hospitalization or waiting for referral, are admitted to EICU faster and their treatments will be started promptly. Therefore, this retrospective study aimed to provide useful information about how an effective EICU should be, especially how to use them during pandemic periods.
Interventions
DIAGNOSTIC_TESTCOVID-19 diagnostic PCR
Nasopharyngeal swab samples will be analyzed by PCR for COVID-19 DNA existence.
Sponsors
Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
RETROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 50 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* All patients who followed up in emergency department ICU with the diagnosis of COVID-19 * Accepted to participate with an informed consent
Exclusion criteria
* Patients under the age of 18 or more than 50 years * declined to participate * deaths caused by other than COVID-19
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mortality of the COVID-19 patients | 3 months | Mortality of the COVID-19 patients who followed up by emergency department ICU |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed