Objective:To compare the survival and length of stay of invasive ventilation(IV)with those of non-invasive ventilation(NIV)in patients with COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome in a single hospital from May 20...Objective:To compare the survival and length of stay of invasive ventilation(IV)with those of non-invasive ventilation(NIV)in patients with COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome in a single hospital from May 2020 to March 2021.Methods:After obtaining approval from the Hospital Director,the data of COVID-19 patients including demographics,type of respiratory support(non-invasive ventilation or invasive ventilation),duration of ventilation,length of stay,discharge,and death were collected and analyzed.Results:Out of the 152 patients identified,134 patients were analyzed.The median intubation days were 10.0(Q1:3.5,Q3:13.5)in the IV group and 0.0(Q1:0.0,Q3:0.0)days in the NIV-only group.Out of the 101 patients who received NIV,43 patients were subsequently intubated due to failure of NIV.Of the 63 patients(47.01%)who died,22(66.66%)were from the IV group and 40(92.02%)were from the NIV-followed-by-intubation group,and 1(1.72%)were from the NIV-only group.Multivariate analysis showed that the presence of a respiratory comorbidity(OR=16.56,95%CI=1.56-175.48,P=0.02)was an independent predictor of survival.Conclusions:Respiratory co-morbidity is a significant adverse predictor of survival outcome.The decision on the type of respiratory support should be made on a patient-to-patient basis.展开更多
文摘Objective:To compare the survival and length of stay of invasive ventilation(IV)with those of non-invasive ventilation(NIV)in patients with COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome in a single hospital from May 2020 to March 2021.Methods:After obtaining approval from the Hospital Director,the data of COVID-19 patients including demographics,type of respiratory support(non-invasive ventilation or invasive ventilation),duration of ventilation,length of stay,discharge,and death were collected and analyzed.Results:Out of the 152 patients identified,134 patients were analyzed.The median intubation days were 10.0(Q1:3.5,Q3:13.5)in the IV group and 0.0(Q1:0.0,Q3:0.0)days in the NIV-only group.Out of the 101 patients who received NIV,43 patients were subsequently intubated due to failure of NIV.Of the 63 patients(47.01%)who died,22(66.66%)were from the IV group and 40(92.02%)were from the NIV-followed-by-intubation group,and 1(1.72%)were from the NIV-only group.Multivariate analysis showed that the presence of a respiratory comorbidity(OR=16.56,95%CI=1.56-175.48,P=0.02)was an independent predictor of survival.Conclusions:Respiratory co-morbidity is a significant adverse predictor of survival outcome.The decision on the type of respiratory support should be made on a patient-to-patient basis.
