NCT05077319

Characteristics and Outcome of Patients With COVID-19 in ICUs in South Tyrol

Characteristics and Outcome of Patients With COVID-19 Associated Respiratory Failure Treated in South Tyrol, Italy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 550 (actual)
• Sponsor: Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The investigators retrospectively investigate the epidemiology, clinical characteristics and therapeutic interventions of patients with COVID-19 associated respiratory failure admitted to the intensive care units in South Tyrol, Italy.

Detailed description

In this observational, retrospective study the epidemiology, characteristics, therapeutic interventions and outcome of patients with COVID-19 associated respiratory failure admitted to the intensive care units in South Tyrol, Italy, are assessed. Data extracted from the medical patients' records include type and duration of respiratory support (high-flow nasal oxygen, non-invasive ventilation, invasive ventilation), need for tracheostomy, vasopressor needs, antibiotic therapy, corticosteroid treatment, laboratory values (interleukin-6, C-reactive protein, procalcitonin, D-dimer, lymphocyte count), lengths of stay in the ICU and mortality.

Conditions

• COVID-19
• COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-03-05
• Primary completion: 2021-09-20
• Completion: 2021-10-04
• First posted: 2021-10-14
• Last updated: 2021-10-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy