Intensivist coverage and critically ill COVID-19 patient outcomes: a population-based cohort study
Main finding · In-hospital mortalityResult — go to the resultOdds ratio 0.72 95% CI 0.62–0.83Authors' conclusion
Trained intensivist coverage was associated with lower in-hospital mortality among critically ill coronavirus disease 2019 patients who required intensive care unit admission in South Korea.
Study context
- Population
- Adults with coronavirus disease 2019 as main diagnosis admitted to the ICU, South Korean nationwide registration database, October 8, 2020, to December 31, 2021
- Participants
- 13,103 adults
- Exposure
- ICUs employing trained intensivists vs other ICUs
- Intensivistn = 2,653
- Non-intensivistn = 10,450reference
- Outcome
- In-hospital mortality
Methodological detailsnationwide registration database, covariate-adjusted multivariable logistic regression
- Nationwide registration database
- Covariate-adjusted multivariable logistic regression
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Odds ratio
0.72
95% CI 0.62–0.83
P < 0.001
Intensivist vs Non-intensivist
OR 0.72 (95% CI 0.62–0.83); P < 0.001
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Intensivist coverage and critically ill COVID-19 patient outcomes: a population-based cohort study. J Intensive Care. Published 12 May 2023. doi:10.
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