Athanasios Chalkias, Yiyuan Huang, Anis Ismail, Ioannis Pantazopoulos, Nikolaos Papagiannakis, Brayden Bitterman, Elizabeth Anderson, Tonimarie Catalan, Grace K Erne, Caroline R Tilley, Abiola Alaka, Kingsley M Amadi, Feriel Presswalla, Pennelope Blakely, Enrique Bernal-Morell, Iria Cebreiros López, Jesper Eugen-Olsen, Luis García de Guadiana Romualdo, Evangelos J Giamarellos-Bourboulis, Sven H Loosen, Jochen Reiser, Frank Tacke, Anargyros Skoulakis, Eleni Laou, Mousumi Banerjee, Rodica Pop-Busui, Salim S Hayek
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the impact of intubation timing, guided by severity criteria, on mortality in critically ill COVID-19 patients, amidst existing uncertainties regarding optimal intubation practices. DESIGN: Prospective, multicenter, observational study conducted from February 1, 2020, to November 1, 2022. SETTING: Ten academic institutions in the United States and Europe. PATIENTS: Adults (≥ 18 yr old) confirmed with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and hospitalized specifically for COVID-19, requiring intubation postadmission...
February 23, 2024: Critical Care Medicine