Prognostic factors associated with mortality risk and disease progression in 639 critically ill patients with COVID-19 in Europe: Initial report of the international RISC-19-ICU prospective observational cohort

Wendel Garcia, Pedro David; Fumeaux, Thierry; Guerci, Philippe; Heuberger, Dorothea Monika; Montomoli, Jonathan; Roche-Campo, Ferran; Schuepbach, Reto Andreas; Hilty, Matthias Peter; RISC-19-ICU Investigators

doi:10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100449

Scientific article

English

Prognostic factors associated with mortality risk and disease progression in 639 critically ill patients with COVID-19 in Europe: Initial report of the international RISC-19-ICU prospective observational cohort

ContributorsWendel Garcia, Pedro David; Fumeaux, Thierry; Guerci, Philippe; Heuberger, Dorothea Monika; Montomoli, Jonathan; Roche-Campo, Ferran; Schuepbach, Reto Andreas; Hilty, Matthias Peter; RISC-19-ICU Investigators

CollaboratorsGrazioli, Serge; Rimensberger, Peter

Published inEClinicalMedicine, vol. 25, 100449

Publication date2020

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is associated with a high disease burden with 10% of confirmed cases progressing towards critical illness. Nevertheless, the disease course and predictors of mortality in critically ill patients are poorly understood.

Keywords

Acute respiratory distress syndrome
COVID-19
Coronavirus
Pandemic
Public health

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de pédiatrie, gynécologie et obstétrique

Research groups

Maladies pulmonaires aigues et pathologies cardiaques congénitales (697)

Citation (ISO format)

WENDEL GARCIA, Pedro David et al. Prognostic factors associated with mortality risk and disease progression in 639 critically ill patients with COVID-19 in Europe: Initial report of the international RISC-19-ICU prospective observational cohort. In: EClinicalMedicine, 2020, vol. 25, p. 100449. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100449