Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Front Public Health. 2023 Feb 15;11:1113793. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1113793. eCollection 2023.
Intensive care units (ICU) capacities are one of the most critical determinants in health-care management of the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, we aimed to analyze the ICU-admission and case-fatality rate as well as characteristics and outcomes of patient admitted to ICU in order to identify predictors and associated conditions for worsening and case-fatality in this critical ill patient-group.
We used the German nationwide inpatient sample to analyze all hospitalized patients with confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis in Germany between January and December 2020. All hospitalized patients with confirmed COVID-19 infection during the year 2020 were included in the present study and were stratified according ICU-admission.
Overall, 176,137 hospitalizations of patients with COVID-19-infection (52.3% males; 53.6% aged ≥70 years) were reported in Germany during 2020. Among them, 27,053 (15.4%) were treated in ICU. COVID-19-patients treated on ICU were younger [70.0 (interquartile range (IQR) 59.0-79.0) vs. 72.0 (IQR 55.0-82.0) years, < 0.001], more often males (66.3 vs. 48.8%, < 0.001), had more frequently cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and cardiovascular risk-factors with increased in-hospital case-fatality (38.4 vs. 14.2%, < 0.001). ICU-admission was independently associated with in-hospital death [OR 5.49 (95% CI 5.30-5.68), < 0.001]. Male sex [OR 1.96 (95% CI 1.90-2.01), < 0.001], obesity [OR 2.20 (95% CI 2.10-2.31), < 0.001], diabetes mellitus [OR 1.48 (95% CI 1.44-1.53), < 0.001], atrial fibrillation/flutter [OR 1.57 (95% CI 1.51-1.62), < 0.001], and heart failure [OR 1.72 (95% CI 1.66-1.78), < 0.001] were independently associated with ICU-admission.
During 2020, 15.4% of the hospitalized COVID-19-patients were treated on ICUs with high case-fatality. Male sex, CVD and cardiovascular risk-factors were independent risk-factors for ICU admission.
重症监护病房(ICU)的容量是 COVID-19 大流行期间医疗保健管理的最重要决定因素之一。因此,我们旨在分析 ICU 入院和病死率,以及 ICU 入院患者的特征和结局,以确定该重症患者群体中病情恶化和病死率的预测因素和相关情况。
我们使用德国全国住院患者样本分析了 2020 年 1 月至 12 月期间德国所有确诊 COVID-19 诊断的住院患者。本研究纳入了 2020 年所有确诊 COVID-19 感染的住院患者,并根据 ICU 入院进行分层。
总体而言,2020 年德国报告了 176137 例 COVID-19 感染住院患者(52.3%为男性;53.6%年龄≥70 岁)。其中,27053 例(15.4%)在 ICU 接受治疗。在 ICU 接受治疗的 COVID-19 患者更年轻[70.0(四分位距(IQR)59.0-79.0)vs. 72.0(IQR 55.0-82.0)岁,<0.001],更多为男性(66.3% vs. 48.8%,<0.001),更常患有心血管疾病(CVD)和心血管危险因素,院内病死率更高(38.4% vs. 14.2%,<0.001)。ICU 入院与院内死亡独立相关[比值比(OR)5.49(95%CI 5.30-5.68),<0.001]。男性[OR 1.96(95%CI 1.90-2.01),<0.001]、肥胖[OR 2.20(95%CI 2.10-2.31),<0.001]、糖尿病[OR 1.48(95%CI 1.44-1.53),<0.001]、心房颤动/扑动[OR 1.57(95%CI 1.51-1.62),<0.001]和心力衰竭[OR 1.72(95%CI 1.66-1.78),<0.001]与 ICU 入院独立相关。
2020 年,15.4%的 COVID-19 住院患者在 ICU 接受治疗,病死率较高。男性、CVD 和心血管危险因素是 ICU 入院的独立危险因素。