Séverine Matheus, Stéphanie Houcke, Guy Roger Lontsi Ngoulla, Nicolas Higel, Abesetou Ba, Fabrice Cook, Cyrille Gourjault, Flaubert Nkontcho, Magalie Demar, Mathieu Nacher, Félix Djossou, Didier Hommel, Dabor Résiere, Jean Marc Pujo, Hatem Kallel
(1) Background: Until December 2021, French Guiana (FG), located in South America, faced four consecutive COVID-19 epidemic waves. This study sought to analyze the mortality trend of severe COVID-19 patients admitted to the referral ICU of FG. (2) Methods: We conducted a prospective, observational, and non-interventional study in ICU at Cayenne Hospital. We included 383 patients older than 18 admitted with SARS-CoV-2-related pneumonia hospitalized from May 2020 to December 2021. The study covers three periods...
January 5, 2024: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease