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Wolff G, Wernly B, Flaatten H, Fjølner J, Bruno RR, Artigas A, Pinto BB, Schefold JC, Kelm M, Binneboessel S, Baldia P, Beil M, Sivri S, van Heerden PV, Szczeklik W, Elhadi M, Joannidis M, Oeyen S, Flamm M, Zafeiridis T, Marsh B, Andersen FH, Moreno R, Boumendil A, De Lange DW, Guidet B, Leaver S, Jung C. Sex-specific treatment characteristics and 30-day mortality outcomes of critically ill COVID-19 patients over 70 years of age-results from the prospective COVIP study. Can J Anaesth 2022; 69:1390-1398. [PMID: 35945477 PMCID: PMC9363137 DOI: 10.1007/s12630-022-02304-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2022] [Revised: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
PURPOSE Older critically ill patients with COVID-19 have been the most vulnerable during the ongoing pandemic, with men being more prone to hospitalization and severe disease than women. We aimed to explore sex-specific differences in treatment and outcome after intensive care unit (ICU) admission in this cohort. METHODS We performed a sex-specific analysis in critically ill patients ≥ 70 yr of age with COVID-19 who were included in the international prospective multicenter COVIP study. All patients were analyzed for ICU admission and treatment characteristics. We performed a multilevel adjusted regression analysis to elucidate associations of sex with 30-day mortality. RESULTS A total of 3,159 patients (69.8% male, 30.2% female; median age, 75 yr) were included. Male patients were significantly fitter than female patients as determined by the Clinical Frailty Scale (fit, 67% vs 54%; vulnerable, 14% vs 19%; frail, 19% vs 27%; P < 0.001). Male patients more often underwent tracheostomy (20% vs 14%; odds ratio [OR], 1.57; P < 0.001), vasopressor therapy (69% vs 62%; OR, 1.25; P = 0.02), and renal replacement therapy (17% vs 11%; OR, 1.96; P < 0.001). There was no difference in mechanical ventilation, life-sustaining treatment limitations, and crude 30-day mortality (50% male vs 49% female; OR, 1.11; P = 0.19), which remained true after adjustment for disease severity, frailty, age and treatment limitations (OR, 1.17; 95% confidence interval, 0.94 to 1.45; P = 0.16). CONCLUSION In this analysis of sex-specific treatment characteristics and 30-day mortality outcomes of critically ill patients with COVID-19 ≥ 70 yr of age, we found more tracheostomy and renal replacement therapy in male vs female patients, but no significant association of patient sex with 30-day mortality. STUDY REGISTRATION www. CLINICALTRIALS gov (NCT04321265); registered 25 March 2020).
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Affiliation(s)
- Georg Wolff
- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Haukeland University Hospital, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Intensive Care, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Corporacion Sanitaria Universitaria Parc Tauli, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Sabadell, Spain
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Inselspital, Universitätsspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
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- Division of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Intensive Care 1K12IC, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Institute of General Practice, Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Ålesund Hospital, Ålesund, Norway
- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Neurocríticos e Trauma, Hospital de São José, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Lisboa, Nova Médical School, Lisbon, Portugal
| | - Ariane Boumendil
- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Equipe: épidémiologie hospitalière qualité et organisation des soins, Paris, France, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Service de Réanimation Médicale, Paris, France
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center, University Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Equipe: épidémiologie hospitalière qualité et organisation des soins, Paris, France, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Service de Réanimation Médicale, Paris, France
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- General Intensive care, St George´s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Düsseldorf, Germany.
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University, Moorenstr. 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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