COVID-19 infection in an intensive care unit in Tunisia: Risk factors of mortality
العنوان: | COVID-19 infection in an intensive care unit in Tunisia: Risk factors of mortality |
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المؤلفون: | Youssef Fatma Ben, Mlouki Imene, Jawed Oussama, Omri Nihel, Hassen Mohamed Fekih, ElAtrous Souheil, SiK Ali Habiba Ben, Mhamdi Sana El |
المصدر: | Archives of Community Medicine and Public Health. 8:135-139 |
بيانات النشر: | Peertechz Publications Private Limited, 2022. |
سنة النشر: | 2022 |
مصطلحات موضوعية: | General Earth and Planetary Sciences, General Environmental Science |
الوصف: | Introduction: Identification of COVID-19 patients at high risk of mortality is crucial to improve patient management. Our study aimed to identify mortality risk factors at the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU), in Mahdia. Methods: We conducted a prospective study including patients admitted to the COVID-19 ICU at University Hospital Tahar Sfar Mahdia (September 2020 to February 2021). We used “The RAPID CORE CASE REPORT FORM” developed by the World Health Organization. Results: A total of 119 patients were included (60.5% male). The average age was 61.9 ± 12 years. During their stay, 51.8% of them had invasive ventilation, 31.3 % required vasopressors intake and 50.9% required a prone position. The mortality rate was 47.1%. Severe acute respiratory distress syndrome and Health Care Associated Infections (HAI) were associated with a higher risk of mortality (64.9% vs 17.8%; p |
تدمد: | 2455-5479 |
URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::ce6de5b92761948658e30f689692c3a2 https://doi.org/10.17352/2455-5479.000189 |
حقوق: | OPEN |
رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi...........ce6de5b92761948658e30f689692c3a2 |
قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
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