Interhospital Transfer Outcomes for Critically Ill Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 Requiring Mechanical Ventilation.

ABSTRACT: Studying interhospital transfer of critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia in the spring 2020 surge may help inform future pandemic management.

Objectives

To compare outcomes for mechanically ventilated patients with coronavirus disease 2019 transferred to a tertiary referral center with increased surge capacity with patients admitted from the emergency department.

Design setting participants

Observational cohort study of single center urban academic medical center ICUs. All patients admitted and discharged with coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia who received invasive ventilation between March 17, 2020, and October 14, 2020.

Main outcome and measures

Demographic and clinical variables were obtained from the electronic medical record. Patients we

SUBMITTER: Chen E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8553251 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature