Increased national critical care demands were associated with a higher mortality of intubated COVID-19 patients in Japan: a retrospective observational study
Kazuya Kikutani, Mitsuaki Nishikimi, Ryo Emoto, Shigeyuki Matsui, Hiroyuki Ohbe, Takayuki Ogura, Satoru Hashimoto, Shigeki Kushimoto, Shinhiro Takeda, Shinichiro Ohshimo, Nobuaki Shime · 2024
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Kazuya Kikutani and colleagues published a health study in 2024 on ventilated COVID-19 patients in Japan. During pandemic surges, hospitals fill and intensive care strains. The authors asked whether national strain itself raised patient deaths. No earlier study had tested that link for ventilated patients.
They combined a national patient database with official government figures. The data covered several thousand patients across a few dozen hospitals. Two surge measures were tested: new daily cases and total critical patients. Statistical models linked higher critical care demand with higher mortality. The effect varied between hospitals with different baseline risks. The findings argue for protecting intensive care capacity during future surges.
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| CREATOR | Kazuya Kikutani, Mitsuaki Nishikimi, Ryo Emoto, Shigeyuki Matsui, Hiroyuki Ohbe, Takayuki Ogura, Satoru Hashimoto, Shigeki Kushimoto, Shinhiro Takeda, Shinichiro Ohshimo, Nobuaki Shime |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |