Overview
The aim of this study is to characterize patients in the Post-Intensive-Care-Syndrome (PICS) outpatient clinic based on routine data and to evaluate their treatment outcome over the course of their treatment. For this purpose, data sets from approx. 40 patients who were treated in the intensive care unit subsequently evaluated in the PICS outpatient clinic between March 27, 2020, and May 6, 2024, will be analyzed.
Description
This is a retrospective comparison of approximately 13 pregnant patients and approximately 27 non-pregnant patients who developed respiratory failure (also known as acute respiratory distress syndrome, or ARDS) due to COVID-19 infection. The analysis is based on routine treatment data from the Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS) outpatient clinic of the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (CCM/CVK), as well as intensive care treatment data, primarily from the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (CCM/CVK). In some cases, additional data were obtained from the Medical Clinic for Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care Medicine (CCM/CVK/CBF), the Medical Clinic specializing in Hepatology and Gastroenterology (CCM/CVK), and the Department of Infectiology, Pulmonology, and Intensive Care Medicine (CCM).
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age: 18 years and older
- Admission to a Charité intensive care unit and follow-up examination by the Post-Intensive-Care-Syndrome (PICS) outpatient clinic of the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine between March 27, 2020 and May 6, 2024.
- COVID-19 infection in temporal assocoation with the intensive care unit admission.
- Intensive care unit admission with lung failure or development of lung failure in the course of intensive care unit treatment.
- Admission to the intensive care unit with lung failure or development of lung failure during intensive care unit stay.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Gender: Male
- Diagnosis: Non-COVID or no respiratory failure