Clinical characteristics and mortality risk among critically ill patients with COVID-19 owing to the B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant in Vietnam: A retrospective observational study

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 18; no. 1; p. e0279713
• Main Authors: Do, Thanh Van, Manabe, Toshie, Vu, Giap Van, Nong, Vuong Minh, Fujikura, Yuji, Phan, Dung, Pham, Thach The, Do, Cuong Duy, Doan, Tra Thu, Nguyen, Nguyen Trung, Nguyen, Thai Quoc, Dong, Thanh Van, Luong, Chinh Quoc, Manabe, Hiroki, Kambayashi, Dan, Hoang, Anh Viet, Vu, Nhan Van, Trinh, Giang Kim, Do, Son Ngoc, Kamiya, Takeshi, Ohara, Hirotaka, Nguyen, Chi Van, Dang, Tuan Quoc, Kudo, Koichiro, Dao, Co Xuan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.01.2023; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Antiviral drugs; Bacterial diseases; Biology and life sciences; Blood culture; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 vaccines; Critical Illness; Critically ill; Diabetes mellitus; Disease transmission; Emergency medical care; Ethics; Fatalities; Health risks; Hospitalization; Hospitals; Humans; Infections; Intensive care; Laboratories; Medicine and Health Sciences; Mortality; Mortality risk; Observational studies; Oxygen; Oxygen content; Pandemics; Patient outcomes; Patients; People and Places; Physical Sciences; Respiratory distress syndrome; Respiratory Distress Syndrome - therapy; Retrospective Studies; Risk analysis; Risk factors; SARS-CoV-2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Survival; Vaccines; Vietnam - epidemiology; Viral diseases; Vietnam; United States > US

SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant caused a large number of COVID-19 cases in many countries, including Vietnam. Understanding mortality risk factors is crucial for the clinical management of severe COVID-19. We conducted a retrospective study at an intensive care center in Ho Chi Minh City that urgently buil...