2021-03-08

Department of Critical Care Medicine, The People's Hospital of China Three Gorges University, The First People's Hospital of Yichang.; Department of Critical Care Medicine, The People's Hospital of China Three Gorges University, The First People's Hospital of Yichang.; Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Third People's Hospital of Yichang, China Three Gorges University Third People's Hospital.; Department of Critical Care Medicine, The People's Hospital of China Three Gorges University, The First People's Hospital of Yichang.; Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Third People's Hospital of Yichang, China Three Gorges University Third People's Hospital.; Medical Department, The People's Hospital of China Three Gorges University, The First People's Hospital of Yichang, Yichang, Hubei, China.; Department of Critical Care Medicine, The People's Hospital of China Three Gorges University, The First People's Hospital of Yichang.; Department of Critical Care Medicine, The People's Hospital of China Three Gorges University, The First People's Hospital of Yichang.; Department of Critical Care Medicine, The People's Hospital of China Three Gorges University, The First People's Hospital of Yichang.; Department of Critical Care Medicine, The People's Hospital of China Three Gorges University, The First People's Hospital of Yichang.; Department of Critical Care Medicine, The People's Hospital of China Three Gorges University, The First People's Hospital of Yichang.; Department of Critical Care Medicine, The People's Hospital of China Three Gorges University, The First People's Hospital of Yichang.

Mortality of critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was high. Aims to examine whether time from symptoms onset to intensive care unit (ICU) admission affects incidence of extra-pulmonary complications and prognosis in order to provide a new insight for reducing the mortality. A single-centered, retrospective, observational study investigated 45 critically ill patients with COVID-19 hospitalized in ICU of The Third People's Hospital of Yichang from January 17 to March 29, 2020. Patients were divided into 2 groups according to time from symptoms onset to ICU admission (>7 and ≤7 days) and into 2 groups according to prognosis (survivors and non-survivors). Epidemiological, clinical, laboratory, radiological characteristics and treatment data were studied. Compared with patients who admitted to the ICU since symptoms onset ≤7 days (55.6%), patients who admitted to the ICU since symptoms onset >7 days (44.4%) were more likely to have extra-pulmonary complications