[Features and evolution of patients with COVID-19 who required mechanical ventilation].

Background: The overall mortality of patients with COVID-19 admitted to intensive care units is approximately 40%.

Aim: To describe the characteristics of a cohort of patients with COVID-19 who required invasive mechanical ventilation due to severe hypoxemic acute respiratory failure at a general hospital in Santiago, Chile.

Material And Methods: Review of medical records and follow up for 28 days of patients with COVID-19 confirmed by polymerase chain reaction who required invasive mechanical ventilation and who were admitted to the intensive care unit from March 24 to June 7, 2020.