Critical care staffing ratio and outcome of COVID-19 patients requiring intensive care unit admission during the first pandemic wave: a retrospective analysis across Switzerland from the RISC-19-ICU observational cohort

Critical care staffing ratio and outcome of COVID-19 patients requiring intensive care unit admission during the first pandemic wave: a retrospective analysis across Switzerland from the RISC-19-ICU observational cohort

STUDY AIM: The surge of admissions due to severe COVID-19 increased the patients-to-critical care staffing ratio within the ICUs. We investigated whether the daily level of staffing was associated with an increased risk of ICU mortality (primary endpoint), length of stay (LOS), mechanical ventilat...

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Main Authors: Marie-Madlen Jeitziner, André Moser, Pedro D Wendel-Garcia, Matthias Thomas Exl, Stefanie Keiser, Reto A. Schuepbach, Urs Pietsch, Sara Cereghetti, Filippo Boroli, Julien Marrel, Anne-Aylin Sigg, Hatem Ksouri, Peter Schott, Alexander Dullenkopf, Isabelle Fleisch, Antje Heise, Jean-Christophe Laurent, Stephan M. Jakob, Matthias P. Hilty , Yok-Ai Que
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SMW supporting association (Trägerverein Swiss Medical Weekly SMW) 2022-06-01
Series:Swiss Medical Weekly
Online Access:https://smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/3220

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