ICU sedation, delirium & recovery
Long‐term outcomes in COVID‐19 patients admitted to intensive care in Denmark: A nationwide observational study
Authors' conclusion
In Danish ICUs, the use of life support declined, while mortality seemed unchanged throughout the three waves of COVID-19.
Study context
- Population
- All Danish ICU patients with COVID-19, March 10, 2020 to March 31, 2022
- Participants
- 2,167 patients
- Exposure
- Three COVID-19 waves; unvaccinated vs vaccinated ICU patients
- First waven = 327reference
- Second waven = 1,053
- Third waven = 787
- Outcome
- 90-day mortality
- Follow-up
- 90 days
Methodological detailsmanual medical record review
- Manual medical record review
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- 90-day mortality remained constant over the three waves
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
- ICU LOS — Second wave
- median 10 days
Vaccination rate, ICU patients vs society
- Vaccination rate among ICU patients
- 42%
- Vaccination rate in society
- 80%
Unvaccinated vs vaccinated: age, comorbidity, 90-day mortality
- Age, unvaccinated vs vaccinated (median, years)
- 57 vs. 73
- Comorbidity, unvaccinated vs vaccinated
- 50% vs. 78%
- 90-day mortality, unvaccinated vs vaccinated
- 29% vs. 51%
Use of COVID-specific pharmacological agents after Omicron became dominant
- Decrease from 95% to 69%
Parts of this Brief are withheld: the automatic checks could not confirm them against the abstract.
Original publication
Long‐term outcomes in COVID‐19 patients admitted to intensive care in Denmark: A nationwide observational study. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. Published 8 June 2023. doi:10.
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