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The Impact of Premorbid Illnesses on the Risk of ICU Admission and Short-term Outcome

Completed
Conditions
Sepsis
ARDS, Human
Corona Virus Infection
Interventions
Other: No intervention, observational study
Registration Number
NCT04542538
Lead Sponsor
Uppsala University
Brief Summary

The Corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is currently involving all parts of the world. Several risk factors for critical illness and death from the disease have been proposed. However, it is still unclear if the observed associations between different comorbidities and chronic medications and severe COVID-19 disease and mortality is different from associations between the same factors and other severe diseases requiring intensive care unit (ICU) -care. This is important since some of the observed risk factors are very common in the aged who, by age alone, are more prone to a more severe course of any disease. By combining several registries, this study will compare, on several comorbidities such as hypertension and diabetes , the first 2000 cases of COVID-19 patients receiving critical care in Sweden to a Swedish sepsis-cohort and a Swedish adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) -cohort.

Detailed Description

The Corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is currently involving all parts of the world. Several risk factors for critical illness and death from the disease have been proposed. However, it is still unclear if the observed associations between different comorbidities and chronic medications and severe COVID-19 disease and mortality is different from associations between the same factors and other severe diseases requiring ICU-care. This is important since some of the observed risk factors are very common in the aged who, by age alone, are more prone to a more severe course of any disease. By combining several registries, this study will compare, on several comorbidities such as hypertension and diabetes , the first 2000 cases of COVID-19 patients receiving critical care in Sweden to a Swedish sepsis-cohort and a Swedish ARDS-cohort.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
9905
Inclusion Criteria

° Individual registered in the Swedish intensive care registry (SIR) with COVID-19 Before 27 May 2020.

or

  • Individual registered in the SIR with Severe sepsis or septic chock 2011-2016. or
  • Individual registered in the SIR with ARDS 2011-2016.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Age below 18 years
  • Individual registered in the Swedish intensive care registry without a personal identification number

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Sepsis critical care patientsNo intervention, observational studyAll patients who have received intensive care with severe sepsis or septic shock in Sweden between 2011 and 2016. Patients are identified in the Swedish Intensive care registry, to which all Swedish intensive care units (ICU) are reporting all intensive care patients.
ARDS critical care patientsNo intervention, observational studyAll patients who have received intensive care with ARDS in Sweden between 2011 and 2016. Patients are identified in the Swedish Intensive care registry, to which all Swedish intensive care units (ICU) are reporting all intensive care patients.
COVID-19 critical care patientsNo intervention, observational studyAll patients who have received intensive care with COVID-19 in Sweden until May 27, 2020. Patients are identified in the Swedish Intensive care registry, to which all Swedish intensive care units (ICU) are reporting all intensive care patients.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Risk factors of ICU mortality COVID-19/ARDSFive years preceding ICU admission to ICU discharge

In a Cox proportional hazards model with the outcome ICU-mortality the HR for the interaction between several comorbidities and a binary variable COVID-19/ARDS are determined.

Risk factors of ICU care COVID-19/SepsisFive years preceding ICU admission to ICU admission

In a binary logistics model with the outcome Sepsis or COVID-19 the OR for several comorbidities are determined.

Risk factors of ICU mortality COVID-19/SepsisFive years preceding ICU admission to ICU discharge

In a Cox proportional hazards model with the outcome ICU-mortality the hazard ratio (HR) for the interaction between several comorbidities and a binary variable COVID-19/Sepsis are determined.

Risk factors of ICU care COVID-19/ARDSFive years preceding ICU admission to ICU admission

In a binary logistics model with the outcome ARDS or COVID-19 the OR for several comorbidities are determined.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Björn Ahlström

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Falun, Sweden

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