Outcomes for patients with COVID-19 admitted to Australian intensive care units during the first four months of the pandemic.

CONCLUSION: Until the end of June 2020, mortality among patients with COVID-19 who required invasive ventilation in Australian ICUs was lower and their ICU stay longer than reported overseas. Our findings highlight the importance of ensuring adequate local ICU capacity, particularly as the pandemic has not yet ended. PMID: 33325070 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Med J Aust - December 15, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Burrell AJ, Pellegrini B, Salimi F, Begum H, Broadley T, Campbell LT, Cheng AC, Cheung W, Cooper DJ, Earnest A, Erickson SJ, French CJ, Kaldor JM, Litton E, Murthy S, McAllister RE, Nichol AD, Palermo A, Plummer MP, Ramanan M, Reddi BA, Reynolds C, Trapan Tags: Med J Aust Source Type: research