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Baseline characteristics and outcomes of patients with COVID-19 admitted to intensive care units in Vancouver, Canada: a case series
Anish R. Mitra, Nicholas A. Fergusson, Elisa Lloyd-Smith, Andrew Wormsbecker, Denise Foster, Andrei Karpov, Sarah Crowe, Greg Haljan, Dean R. Chittock, Hussein D. Kanji, Mypinder S. Sekhon and Donald E.G. Griesdale
CMAJ June 29, 2020 192 (26) E694-E701; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.200794
Anish R. Mitra
Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (Mitra, Wormsbecker, Foster, Karpov, Haljan, Chittock, Kanji, Sekhon, Griesdale), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (Mitra, Haljan), Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, BC; MD Undergraduate Program (Fergusson), University of British Columbia; Quality & Patient Safety (Fergusson, Lloyd-Smith), Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver BC; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (Wormsbecker), Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, BC; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Nurse Practitioners (Crowe), Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, BC; Program of Critical Care (Chittock, Kanji, Sekhon, Griesdale), Vancouver General Hospital; Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics (Griesdale), University of British Columbia; Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation (Griesdale), Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, BC
MD MPHNicholas A. Fergusson
Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (Mitra, Wormsbecker, Foster, Karpov, Haljan, Chittock, Kanji, Sekhon, Griesdale), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (Mitra, Haljan), Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, BC; MD Undergraduate Program (Fergusson), University of British Columbia; Quality & Patient Safety (Fergusson, Lloyd-Smith), Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver BC; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (Wormsbecker), Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, BC; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Nurse Practitioners (Crowe), Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, BC; Program of Critical Care (Chittock, Kanji, Sekhon, Griesdale), Vancouver General Hospital; Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics (Griesdale), University of British Columbia; Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation (Griesdale), Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, BC
MScElisa Lloyd-Smith
Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (Mitra, Wormsbecker, Foster, Karpov, Haljan, Chittock, Kanji, Sekhon, Griesdale), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (Mitra, Haljan), Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, BC; MD Undergraduate Program (Fergusson), University of British Columbia; Quality & Patient Safety (Fergusson, Lloyd-Smith), Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver BC; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (Wormsbecker), Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, BC; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Nurse Practitioners (Crowe), Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, BC; Program of Critical Care (Chittock, Kanji, Sekhon, Griesdale), Vancouver General Hospital; Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics (Griesdale), University of British Columbia; Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation (Griesdale), Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, BC
PhDAndrew Wormsbecker
Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (Mitra, Wormsbecker, Foster, Karpov, Haljan, Chittock, Kanji, Sekhon, Griesdale), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (Mitra, Haljan), Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, BC; MD Undergraduate Program (Fergusson), University of British Columbia; Quality & Patient Safety (Fergusson, Lloyd-Smith), Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver BC; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (Wormsbecker), Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, BC; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Nurse Practitioners (Crowe), Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, BC; Program of Critical Care (Chittock, Kanji, Sekhon, Griesdale), Vancouver General Hospital; Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics (Griesdale), University of British Columbia; Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation (Griesdale), Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, BC
MDDenise Foster
Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (Mitra, Wormsbecker, Foster, Karpov, Haljan, Chittock, Kanji, Sekhon, Griesdale), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (Mitra, Haljan), Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, BC; MD Undergraduate Program (Fergusson), University of British Columbia; Quality & Patient Safety (Fergusson, Lloyd-Smith), Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver BC; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (Wormsbecker), Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, BC; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Nurse Practitioners (Crowe), Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, BC; Program of Critical Care (Chittock, Kanji, Sekhon, Griesdale), Vancouver General Hospital; Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics (Griesdale), University of British Columbia; Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation (Griesdale), Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, BC
RNAndrei Karpov
Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (Mitra, Wormsbecker, Foster, Karpov, Haljan, Chittock, Kanji, Sekhon, Griesdale), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (Mitra, Haljan), Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, BC; MD Undergraduate Program (Fergusson), University of British Columbia; Quality & Patient Safety (Fergusson, Lloyd-Smith), Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver BC; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (Wormsbecker), Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, BC; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Nurse Practitioners (Crowe), Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, BC; Program of Critical Care (Chittock, Kanji, Sekhon, Griesdale), Vancouver General Hospital; Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics (Griesdale), University of British Columbia; Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation (Griesdale), Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, BC
MD MHScSarah Crowe
Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (Mitra, Wormsbecker, Foster, Karpov, Haljan, Chittock, Kanji, Sekhon, Griesdale), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (Mitra, Haljan), Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, BC; MD Undergraduate Program (Fergusson), University of British Columbia; Quality & Patient Safety (Fergusson, Lloyd-Smith), Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver BC; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (Wormsbecker), Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, BC; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Nurse Practitioners (Crowe), Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, BC; Program of Critical Care (Chittock, Kanji, Sekhon, Griesdale), Vancouver General Hospital; Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics (Griesdale), University of British Columbia; Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation (Griesdale), Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, BC
NPGreg Haljan
Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (Mitra, Wormsbecker, Foster, Karpov, Haljan, Chittock, Kanji, Sekhon, Griesdale), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (Mitra, Haljan), Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, BC; MD Undergraduate Program (Fergusson), University of British Columbia; Quality & Patient Safety (Fergusson, Lloyd-Smith), Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver BC; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (Wormsbecker), Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, BC; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Nurse Practitioners (Crowe), Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, BC; Program of Critical Care (Chittock, Kanji, Sekhon, Griesdale), Vancouver General Hospital; Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics (Griesdale), University of British Columbia; Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation (Griesdale), Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, BC
MDDean R. Chittock
Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (Mitra, Wormsbecker, Foster, Karpov, Haljan, Chittock, Kanji, Sekhon, Griesdale), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (Mitra, Haljan), Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, BC; MD Undergraduate Program (Fergusson), University of British Columbia; Quality & Patient Safety (Fergusson, Lloyd-Smith), Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver BC; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (Wormsbecker), Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, BC; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Nurse Practitioners (Crowe), Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, BC; Program of Critical Care (Chittock, Kanji, Sekhon, Griesdale), Vancouver General Hospital; Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics (Griesdale), University of British Columbia; Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation (Griesdale), Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, BC
MD MS(Epi)Hussein D. Kanji
Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (Mitra, Wormsbecker, Foster, Karpov, Haljan, Chittock, Kanji, Sekhon, Griesdale), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (Mitra, Haljan), Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, BC; MD Undergraduate Program (Fergusson), University of British Columbia; Quality & Patient Safety (Fergusson, Lloyd-Smith), Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver BC; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (Wormsbecker), Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, BC; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Nurse Practitioners (Crowe), Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, BC; Program of Critical Care (Chittock, Kanji, Sekhon, Griesdale), Vancouver General Hospital; Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics (Griesdale), University of British Columbia; Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation (Griesdale), Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, BC
MD MPHMypinder S. Sekhon
Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (Mitra, Wormsbecker, Foster, Karpov, Haljan, Chittock, Kanji, Sekhon, Griesdale), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (Mitra, Haljan), Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, BC; MD Undergraduate Program (Fergusson), University of British Columbia; Quality & Patient Safety (Fergusson, Lloyd-Smith), Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver BC; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (Wormsbecker), Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, BC; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Nurse Practitioners (Crowe), Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, BC; Program of Critical Care (Chittock, Kanji, Sekhon, Griesdale), Vancouver General Hospital; Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics (Griesdale), University of British Columbia; Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation (Griesdale), Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, BC
MDDonald E.G. Griesdale
Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (Mitra, Wormsbecker, Foster, Karpov, Haljan, Chittock, Kanji, Sekhon, Griesdale), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (Mitra, Haljan), Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, BC; MD Undergraduate Program (Fergusson), University of British Columbia; Quality & Patient Safety (Fergusson, Lloyd-Smith), Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver BC; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine (Wormsbecker), Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, BC; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Nurse Practitioners (Crowe), Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, BC; Program of Critical Care (Chittock, Kanji, Sekhon, Griesdale), Vancouver General Hospital; Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics (Griesdale), University of British Columbia; Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation (Griesdale), Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, BC
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Baseline characteristics and outcomes of patients with COVID-19 admitted to intensive care units in Vancouver, Canada: a case series
Anish R. Mitra, Nicholas A. Fergusson, Elisa Lloyd-Smith, Andrew Wormsbecker, Denise Foster, Andrei Karpov, Sarah Crowe, Greg Haljan, Dean R. Chittock, Hussein D. Kanji, Mypinder S. Sekhon, Donald E.G. Griesdale
CMAJ Jun 2020, 192 (26) E694-E701; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.200794
Baseline characteristics and outcomes of patients with COVID-19 admitted to intensive care units in Vancouver, Canada: a case series
Anish R. Mitra, Nicholas A. Fergusson, Elisa Lloyd-Smith, Andrew Wormsbecker, Denise Foster, Andrei Karpov, Sarah Crowe, Greg Haljan, Dean R. Chittock, Hussein D. Kanji, Mypinder S. Sekhon, Donald E.G. Griesdale
CMAJ Jun 2020, 192 (26) E694-E701; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.200794
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