Clinical Characteristics of Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Critically ill patients with COVID-19 have hospitalized in an ICU due to the closer monitoring and therapy. In fact, ICU admissions are dependent on the severity of illness and the ICU capacity of the health-care system. Hence, it may be need a new scoring system for contagious critically ill patients.

Detailed Description
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Critically ill patients with COVID-19 have hospitalized in an ICU due to the closer monitoring and therapy. In fact, ICU admissions are dependent on the severity of illness and the ICU capacity of the health-care system. Therefore, many patients with confirmed COVID-19 with RT-PCR and/or suspected COVID-19 were hospitalized in ICUs with a limited number of beds. This ambiguity can result in both contamination risk to uninfected patients and occupancy rate of the limited ICU beds. Hence, it may be need a new scoring system for contagious critically ill patients. The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiological and clinical features of 75 critically ill patients due to COVID-19 and to compare confirmed COVID-19 cases with suspected COVID-19 cases in our critical care units.

Official Title
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Clinical Characteristics of Critically Ill Patients With 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19): Do We Need a New Triage System?

Conditions
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Coronavirus Infection, Critical Illness, Characteristics Disease

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: File Scanning


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: All patients with confirmed COVID-19 and suspected COVID-19 Exclusion Criteria: All patients <18 years old

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Confirmed COVID-19 cases<br>Patients with PCR test positive were considered as the confirmed COVID-19 cases. | Other: File Scanning<br>* The patients' epidemiological, clinical, laboratory, and radiological characteristics and treatment and outcomes data will accessed from Hospital Data Management System (HDMS) of Konya Training and Research Hospital and Public Health Management System (PHMS) of Ministry of Health.<br>|
| Suspected COVID-19 cases<br>The suspected COVID-19 cases were defined as follows: those who were interpreted in favor of the suspected covid-19 on c-CT by radiologists in addition to the typical symptoms of the novel coronavirus disease such as cough, high fever (>38,5 °C), or dyspnea, and those with a history of contact with another confirmed COVID-19 patient in addition to typical symptoms. | Other: File Scanning<br>* The patients' epidemiological, clinical, laboratory, and radiological characteristics and treatment and outcomes data will accessed from Hospital Data Management System (HDMS) of Konya Training and Research Hospital and Public Health Management System (PHMS) of Ministry of Health.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test | To compare confirmed COVID-19 cases with suspected COVID-19 cases in critical care units. | 5 days | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A scoring system for patients to be admitted to the intensive care unit | To use symptoms, medical history, computed tomography and laboratory examinations for scoring system to detect suspected COVID-19 cases admitted to the intensive care units. | 5 days |