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Baseline Characteristics and Outcomes of 1591 Patients Infected With SARS-CoV-2 Admitted to ICUs of the Lombardy Region, Italy

JAMA · 2020 · Vol. 323(16) · pp. 1574–1574

Giacomo Grasselli(University of Milan)Alberto Zangrillo(Vita-Salute San Raffaele University)Alberto Zanella(University of Milan)Massimo Antonelli(Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)Luca Cabrini(University of Insubria)Antonio Castelli(University of Milan)Danilo Cereda(Regione Lombardia)Antonio Coluccello(Istituti Ospitalieri di Cremona)Giuseppe Foti(ASST Melegnano e della Martesana)Roberto Fumagalli(University of Milano-Bicocca)Giorgio Antonio Iotti(University of Pavia)Nicola Latronico(Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale degli Spedali Civili di Brescia)Ferdinando Luca Lorini(Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII)Stefano Merler(Fondazione Bruno Kessler)Giuseppe Natalini(Fondazione Poliambulanza Istituto Ospedaliero)Alessandra Piatti(University of Insubria)Marco Vito Ranieri(University of Bologna)Anna Mara Scandroglio(Vita-Salute San Raffaele University)Enrico StortiMaurizio Cecconi✉(Humanitas University)Antonio Artigas(University of Milan)COVID-19 Lombardy ICU NetworkEmiliano AgosteoValentina AlaimoGiovanni AlbanoA. AlbertinArmando AlborghettiGiorgio AldegheriBenvenuto AntoniniEnrico BarbaraNicolangela BelgiornoMirko BelliatoAnnalisa BeniniEnrico BerettaLeonardo BianciardiStefano BonazziMassimo BorelliEnrico BoselliNicola BronziniCarlo CapraLivio CarnevaleGiampaolo CasellaGianpaolo CastelliE CatenaSergio CattaneoDavide ChiumelloSilvia CirriGiuseppe CiterioSergio ColomboDavide CoppiniAlberto CoronaPaolo CortellazziElena CostantiniRemo Daniel CovelloGianluca De FilippiMarco PoliFederica MuraGiulia EvasiRaquel Fernandez-OlmosAndrea Forastieri MolinariMarco GallettiG GallioliMarco GemmaPaolo GnesinLorenzo GrazioliMassimiliano GrecoPaolo GrittiPaolo GrossoLuca GuatteriDavide GuzzonFabiola HarizayRoberto KeimGiovanni LandoniThomas LängerAndrea LombardoAnnalisa MalaraElena MalpettiFrancesco MarinoGiovanni MarinoMaurizio MazzoniGuido MerliAntonio MicucciFrancesco MojoliStefano MuttiniAdriana NailescuMauro PanigadaPaolo PerazzoGiovanni Battista PeregoNicola PetrucciAngelo PezziAlessandro ProttiDanilo RadrizzaniMaurizio RaimondiMarco RanucciFrank RasuloMario RiccioRoberto J. RonaClaudio RoscitanoPatrizia RuggeriAntonello SalaGiuseppe SalaLuca SalviPietro SebastianoPaolo SevergniniIlaria SforziniFrancesco Donato SigurtàMatteo SubertPaola TagliabueCarmine TroianoRoberto ValsecchiUberto ViolaGiovanni VitaleMassimo ZambonElena Zoia

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Abstract

In this case series of critically ill patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 admitted to ICUs in Lombardy, Italy, the majority were older men, a large proportion required mechanical ventilation and high levels of PEEP, and ICU mortality was 26%.

COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 COVID-19 and Mental HealthMedicineIntensive care unitIntensive careComorbidityEmergency medicinePandemicPediatricsCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Internal medicineIntensive care medicine