Revista Brasileira de terapia intensiva
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Rev Bras Ter Intensiva · Jan 2021
Observational StudyChanges in the management and clinical outcomes of critically ill patients without COVID-19 during the pandemic.
To analyze whether changes in medical care due to the application of COVID-19 protocols affected clinical outcomes in patients without COVID-19 during the pandemic. ⋯ Intensive care unit protocols based on international recommendations for the COVID-19 pandemic have produced a change in non-COVID-19 patient management. We observed a reduction in the use of a high-flow nasal cannula and an increased number of tracheal intubations in the emergency department. However, no changes in the percentage of intubated patients in the intensive care unit, the number of mechanical ventilation days or the length of stay in intensive care unit.