'The findings reinforce the need to provide adequate resources and support for ICUs, particularly during times of unusually high demand,' study leader Husna Begum said. COVID19 COVID
Four times as many COVID-19 patients were admitted to intensive care during Australia's third wave of the virus compared with the first two combined, research suggests.
The in-hospital mortality study was undertaken by Monash University in conjunction with the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society.Demographic and clinical features were compared along with management of and outcomes for ICU virus patients during all three pandemic waves.READ MORESome 214, or nine per cent, entered care during early 2020.
Similarly, more than 19 per cent of total ICU beds were taken up by COVID patients during the third wave, while less than three per cent were during the first and just under five per cent during the second.Thirty patients , died in hospital during the first wave, 35 in the second and 281 during the third."After adjusting for age, illness severity, and other co-variates, the risk of in-hospital mortality was similar for the first and second waves but 9.
"It was also more transmissible and more likely to cause serious disease in younger people than previous strains that had been greater threats for people over 60 years of age," study leader Husna Begum said.
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