Very late intubation in COVID-19 patients: a forgotten prognosis factor?

Abstract

Description of all consecutive critically ill COVID 19 patients hospitalized in ICU in University Hospital of Guadeloupe and outcome according to delay between steroid therapy initiation and mechanical ventilation onset. Very late mechanical ventilation defined as intubation after day 7 of dexamethasone therapy was associated with grim prognosis and a high mortality rate of 87%.

Keywords: Acute respiratory distress syndrome; COVID 19; High flow nasal oxygen therapy; Mechanical ventilation; Steroid.