Impact of hospital strain on excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic—United States, july 2020–july 2021

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This article describes the excess deaths observed when hospitals are strained by COVID-19 admissions, as defined by intensive care unit bed occupancy. Specifically, when intensive care unit bed occupancy reaches 75% of capacity, there are an estimated 12,000 additional excess deaths; when hospitals...

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Autores principales: French, Geoffrey, Hulse, Mary, Nguyen, Debbie, Sobotka, Katharine, Webster, Kaitlyn, Corman, Josh, Aboagye-Nyame, Brago, Dion, Marc, Johnson, Moira, Zalinger, Benjamin, Ewing, Maria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society of Transplantation & American Society of Transplant Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. 2022
Materias:
Cdc Report–MMWR Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9811904/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35113490
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajt.16645
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Sumario:This article describes the excess deaths observed when hospitals are strained by COVID-19 admissions, as defined by intensive care unit bed occupancy. Specifically, when intensive care unit bed occupancy reaches 75% of capacity, there are an estimated 12,000 additional excess deaths; when hospitals exceed 100% of their intensive care unit bed capacity, approximately 80,000 excess deaths are expected in the following 2 weeks nationally. This report suggests that all patient populations, including transplant candidates and recipients, will experience additional excess deaths when there is increased strain on hospitals due to COVID-19 surges.

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