Critical care outreach during the COVID-19 pandemic: An observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Since the beginning of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, the Critical Care Outreach Team (CCOT) remained operational to provide critical care support to acutely ill and deteriorating patients on the wards. We aimed to evaluate the demand and efficacy of the critical care outreach service during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Method

We prospectively evaluated all patients referred to critical care outreach enrolled during a twelve-month period. We reported the cumulative number of activities and interventions and baseline characteristics, acuity level and patients' clinical outcome. The rate of ICU admissions, activity plan, patients' acuity and mortality are compared to historical data pre-pandemic.

Results

Amongst 4849 patients referred, 3913 had a

SUBMITTER: Fazzini B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9115491 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature