Clinical Characteristics of Critically Ill Patients With 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19): Do We Need a New Triage System?
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Coronavirus Infection
- Sponsor
- Nevsehir Public Hospital
- Enrollment
- 105
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 5 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Critically ill patients with COVID-19 have hospitalized in an ICU due to the closer monitoring and therapy. In fact, ICU admissions are dependent on the severity of illness and the ICU capacity of the health-care system. Hence, it may be need a new scoring system for contagious critically ill patients.
Detailed Description
Critically ill patients with COVID-19 have hospitalized in an ICU due to the closer monitoring and therapy. In fact, ICU admissions are dependent on the severity of illness and the ICU capacity of the health-care system. Therefore, many patients with confirmed COVID-19 with RT-PCR and/or suspected COVID-19 were hospitalized in ICUs with a limited number of beds. This ambiguity can result in both contamination risk to uninfected patients and occupancy rate of the limited ICU beds. Hence, it may be need a new scoring system for contagious critically ill patients. The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiological and clinical features of 75 critically ill patients due to COVID-19 and to compare confirmed COVID-19 cases with suspected COVID-19 cases in our critical care units.
Investigators
Mehmet Akif Yazar
Specialist
Nevsehir Public Hospital
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •All patients with confirmed COVID-19 and suspected COVID-19
Exclusion Criteria
- •All patients \<18 years old
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test
Time Frame: 5 days
To compare confirmed COVID-19 cases with suspected COVID-19 cases in critical care units.
Secondary Outcomes
- A scoring system for patients to be admitted to the intensive care unit(5 days)