ABSTRACT

Objective To identify risk factors related to intubation and time to extubation in hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 [1, 10]. Study Design Single centre hospital based observational study. Setting. Krishna Hospital & Medical Research Center, Karad. Subjects and Methods Covid 19 Positive Patients admitted in COVID-19 ward & ICU2020were included. We evaluated sociodemographic and clinical features related to intubation and prolonged intubation for acute respiratory failure secondary to COVID-19 infection. ? Age, sex, rate of respiration, oxygen saturation, history of diabetes and shortness of breath were factors predictive of intubation. ? Age and body mass index were the only factors independently associated with time to extubation. Conclusion In addition to clinical signs of respiratory distress, patients with COVID-19 who are older, male, diabetic are at higher risk of requiring intubation. And among those obese patients are at higher risk for prolonged intubation
Publication date: 15/02/2022

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2022/11.2.1029