Factors associated with mechanical ventilation in SARS-CoV-2 patients treated with high-flow nasal cannula oxygen and outcomes.

Five percent of patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 require advanced respiratory support. The high-flow nasal cannula oxygenotherapy (HFNCO) appears to be effective and safe to reduce the need for mechanical ventilation. However, the factors associated with HFNCO failure as well as the outcomes of patients receiving this noninvasive respiratory strategy remain unclear.

Profile of the risk of death after septic shock in the present era: an epidemiologic study.

Objectives: To investigate mortality of ICU patients over a 3-month period after an initial episode of septic shock and to identify factors associated with mortality.

Design: Prospective multicenter observational cohort study.

Setting: Fourteen ICUs from 10 French nonacademic and university teaching hospitals.

The epidemiology of septic shock in French intensive care units: the prospective multicenter cohort EPISS study.

Introduction: To provide up-to-date information on the prognostic factors associated with 28-day mortality in a cohort of septic shock patients in intensive care units (ICUs).

Methods: Prospective, multicenter, observational cohort study in ICUs from 14 French general (non-academic) and university teaching hospitals. All consecutive patients with septic shock admitted between November 2009 and March 2011 were eligible for inclusion.