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NCT Number: NCT04480060

Experience of an Emergency Intensive Care Unit During COVID-19 Pandemic

COVID-19, which emerged in China in December 2019, has become a pandemic with its spread to many countries of the world. Emergency departments also carried out an important part of the fight against pandemics in our country/Turkey. The emergency department including an intensive care unit is very few in this country/Turkey and the only hospital, which has an Emergency Intensive Care Unit (EICU) in Istanbul, is the study center. Therefore, this retrospective study aimed to provide useful information about how an effective EICU should be, especially how to use them during pandemic periods.

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Key information

Conditions

Covid19 COVID-19 Coronaviridae Infections Coronavirus Infections Infections Lung Diseases Nidovirales Infections Pneumonia Pneumonia, Viral RNA Virus Infections Respiratory Tract Diseases Respiratory Tract Infections Virus Diseases

Age range

18 year–50 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Seda Yilmaz Semerci

Istanbul, 34303, Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

COVID-19, which emerged in China in December 2019, has become a pandemic with its spread to many countries of the world. Emergency departments also carried out an important part of the fight against pandemics in our country/Turkey. The emergency department including an intensive care unit is very few in this country/Turkey and the only hospital, which has an Emergency Intensive Care Unit (EICU) in Istanbul, is the study center. Throughout the pandemic, many patients, including COVID-19 patients, were successfully followed up and discharged from EICU. With this study, the investigators expect to show the role of EICU during the pandemic. In addition, it will be seen that whether the patients, who are waiting for hospitalization or waiting for referral, are admitted to EICU faster and their treatments will be started promptly. Therefore, this retrospective study aimed to provide useful information about how an effective EICU should be, especially how to use them during pandemic periods.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • All patients who followed up in emergency department ICU with the diagnosis of COVID-19
  • Accepted to participate with an informed consent

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients under the age of 18 or more than 50 years
  • declined to participate
  • deaths caused by other than COVID-19

Treatment and study plan

COVID-19 diagnostic PCR

Diagnostic Test

Nasopharyngeal swab samples will be analyzed by PCR for COVID-19 DNA existence.

Primary outcomes

  1. Mortality of the COVID-19 patients

    Time frame: 3 months

    Mortality of the COVID-19 patients who followed up by emergency department ICU

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Experience of an Emergency Intensive Care Unit During COVID-19 Pandemic: Retrospective Cohort Study

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2020
Study completion
2020
First posted
Jul 21, 2020
Registry last updated
Jul 21, 2020

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