VARIATION IN MANAGEMENT OF COVID-19 ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME AND ASSOCIATED MORTALITY

ABSTRACT

We sought to evaluate variation in use of "guideline-based care" and adjunctive strategies for COVID-19 ARDS across 55 hospitals contributing to the Society of Critical Care Medicine Viral Infection and Respiratory Illness Universal Study (VIRUS) COVID-19 registry. B Introduction: b Adherence to guideline-recommended ventilator management for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) due to COVID-19 is unknown. We hypothesized that COVID-19 ARDS management would vary across hospitals and that hospital-level mortality would be higher at hospitals with lower use of guideline-recommended care as compared to those with higher use. [Extracted from the article] Copyright of Critical Care Medicine is the property of Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)