The aim of this study is to characterize patients in the Post-Intensive-Care-Syndrome(PICS) outpatient clinic based on routine data and to evaluate their treatment outcomeover the course of their treatment. For this purpose, data sets from approx. 40 patientswho were treated in the intensive care unit subsequently evaluated in the PICS outpatientclinic between March 27, 2020, and May 6, 2024, will be analyzed.
This is a retrospective comparison of approximately 13 pregnant patients and
approximately 27 non-pregnant patients who developed respiratory failure (also known as
acute respiratory distress syndrome, or ARDS) due to COVID-19 infection. The analysis is
based on routine treatment data from the Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS) outpatient
clinic of the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (CCM/CVK), as well
as intensive care treatment data, primarily from the Department of Anesthesiology and
Intensive Care Medicine (CCM/CVK). In some cases, additional data were obtained from the
Medical Clinic for Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care Medicine (CCM/CVK/CBF), the
Medical Clinic specializing in Hepatology and Gastroenterology (CCM/CVK), and the
Department of Infectiology, Pulmonology, and Intensive Care Medicine (CCM).
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age: 18 years and older
- Admission to a Charité intensive care unit and follow-up examination by the
Post-Intensive-Care-Syndrome (PICS) outpatient clinic of the Department of
Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine between March 27, 2020 and May 6, 2024.
- COVID-19 infection in temporal assocoation with the intensive care unit admission.
- Intensive care unit admission with lung failure or development of lung failure in
the course of intensive care unit treatment.
- Admission to the intensive care unit with lung failure or development of lung
failure during intensive care unit stay.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Gender: Male
- Diagnosis: Non-COVID or no respiratory failure
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (CCM/CVK), Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Investigator: Claudia Spies, MD. Prof.
Contact: +49 30 450 55 11 02
claudia.spies@charite.de
Claudia Spies, MD Prof.
+49 30 450 551102
claudia.spies@charite.de
Claudia Spies, MD, Prof., Study Director
Charite University, Berlin, Germany