Outcomes for Critically Ill Patients with COVID-19
| Outcome of ICU patients with COVID-19 | Age group (years) | All patients (n=120) | |||
| 20–40 (n=5) | 41–60 (n=41) | 61–80 (n=64) | 81–90 (n=10) | ||
| Length of ICU stay (days) (IQR) | 9 | 8 | 8.5 | 8 | 8.5 (9) |
| Length of hospital stay (days) | 15 | 15 | 14.5 | 15 | 14.5 (13) |
| Still hospitalized (discharged from ICU) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 (6.7%) |
| Discharged from hospital | 1 | 20 | 27 | 0 | 48 (40%) |
| Discharged on oxygen | 1 | 3 | 6 | – | 10 |
| 30-day readmission | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 |
| Required invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) | 4 | 34 | 54 | 8 | 100 (83.3%) |
| IMV at admission | 1 | 12 | 22 | 1 | 36 (36%) |
| Hospital days prior to IMV, median* | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| IMV days, median | 8.5 | 7.0 | 10.5 | 5.0 | 9.0 |
| Died after IMV | 3 (75%) | 19 (55.9%) | 32 (59.3%) | 8 (100%) | 62 (62%) |
| Mortality | 3 (60%) | 19 (46.3%) | 33 (51.5%) | 9 (90%) | 64 (53.3%) |
| Died with DNI (never received IMV) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Died with DNR | 2 | 13 | 29 | 8 | 52 |
| Died with comfort care | 1 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 33 |
| Died with severe ARDS, n=81 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 54 |
| Died with moderate ARDS, n=28 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | |
*Median number of hospital days prior to ventilation, calculated among those that did not require ventilation at admission.
ICU, intensive care unit; DNI, do not intubate; DNR, do not resuscitate; ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome.