Giacomo Grasselli, Massimiliano Greco, Alberto Zanella, Giovanni Albano, Massimo Antonelli, Giacomo Bellani, Ezio Bonanomi, Luca Cabrini, Eleonora Carlesso, Gianpaolo Castelli, Sergio Cattaneo, Danilo Cereda, Sergio Colombo, Antonio Coluccello, Giuseppe Crescini, Andrea Forastieri Molinari, Giuseppe Foti, Roberto Fumagalli, Giorgio Antonio Iotti, Thomas Langer, Nicola Latronico, Ferdinando Luca Lorini, Francesco Mojoli, Giuseppe Natalini, Carla Maria Pessina, Vito Marco Ranieri, Roberto Rech, Luigia Scudeller, Antonio Rosano, Enrico Storti, B Taylor Thompson, Marcello Tirani, Pier Giorgio Villani, Antonio Pesenti, Maurizio Cecconi
Importance: Many patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are critically ill and require care in the intensive care unit (ICU). Objective: To evaluate the independent risk factors associated with mortality of patients with COVID-19 requiring treatment in ICUs in the Lombardy region of Italy. Design, Setting, and Participants: This retrospective, observational cohort study included 3988 consecutive critically ill patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 referred for ICU admission to the coordinating center (Fondazione IRCCS [Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico] Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy) of the COVID-19 Lombardy ICU Network from February 20 to April 22, 2020...
October 1, 2020: JAMA Internal Medicine