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 and in the PICS outpatient clinic betweenMarch 27, 2020 and May 6, 2024 will be evaluated.
This is a retrospective comparison of approx. 13 pregnant patients who developed
respiratory failure (also known as acute respiratory distress syndrome; ARDS) as a result
of COVID-19 infection and approx. 27 non-pregnant patients who developed respiratory
failure as a result of COVID-19 infection, 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) and, in some
cases, the Medical Clinic specializing in nephrology and internal intensive care medicine
(CCM/CVK/CBF), the Medical Clinic specializing in hepatology and gastroenterology
(CCM/CVK), and the Infectiology, Pneumology 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 connection 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.
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