Postintubation Decline in Oxygen Saturation Index Predicts Mortality in COVID-19: A Retrospective Pilot Study

CONCLUSIONS: Decline in oxygenation indices after intubation is predictive of mortality in COVID-19 patients. This time window is critical to the outcome of these patients and a possible target for future interventions. Future large-scale studies to confirm the prognostic value of the indices in COVID-19 patients are warranted.PMID:34136282 | PMC:PMC8162249 | DOI:10.1155/2021/6682944

Source: Critical Care Research and Practice - June 17, 2021 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Ala Nozari Shivali Mukerji Molly Vora Alfonso Garcia Alyssa Park Nicholas Flores Robert Canelli Gerardo Rodriguez Riccardo Pinciroli Alexander Nagrebetsky Rafael Ortega Sadeq A Quraishi Source Type: research