Clinical Outcomes of Patients with COVID-19 Pneumonia in Intensive Care in Lombardy

In Lombardy, the epicenter of Italy's COVID-19 pandemic, health authorities created a network of intensive care units (ICUs) to coordinate management of the overwhelming number of patients. This report is an analysis of data on the clinical characteristics and outcomes of all critically ill patients admitted with COVID-19 to the ICUs, starting on February 20, 2020.

The analysis includes 1591 patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19. The median patient age was 63 years (median age was used to define younger versus older patients); 82% were male. Common comorbidities included hypertension (49% of patients), cardiovascular disease (21%), and hypercholesterolemia (18%). Data on respiratory support were available on 1300 patients, and of those…