Hospital Resources May Be an Important Aspect of Mortality Rate among Critically Ill Patients with COVID-19: The Paradigm of Greece

Hospital Resources May Be an Important Aspect of Mortality Rate among Critically Ill Patients with COVID-19: The Paradigm of Greece

For critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) who require intensive care unit (ICU) admission, extremely high mortality rates (even 97%) have been reported. We hypothesized that overburdened hospital resources by the extent of the pandemic rather than the disease per se might...

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Main Authors: Christina Routsi, Eleni Magira, Stelios Kokkoris, Ilias Siembos, Charikleia Vrettou, Dimitris Zervakis, Eleni Ischaki, Sotiris Malahias, Ioanna Sigala, Andreas Asimakos, Theodora Daidou, Panagiotis Kaltsas, Evangelia Douka, Adamandia Sotiriou, Vassiliki Markaki, Prodromos Temberikidis, Apostolos Koroneos, Panagiotis Politis, Zafiria Mastora, Efrosini Dima, Theodoros Tsoutsouras, Ioannis Papahatzakis, Panagiota Gioni, Athina Strilakou, Aikaterini Maragouti, Eleftheria Mizi, Ageliki Kanavou, Aikaterini Sarri, Evdokia Gavrielatou, Spyros Mentzelopoulos, Ioannis Kalomenidis, Vassilios Papastamopoulos, Anastasia Kotanidou, Spyros Zakynthinos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-11-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
coronavirus
coronavirus disease 2019
COVID-19
critical care
acute hypoxemic respiratory failure
mortality
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/11/3730

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