OBJECTIVES: COVID-19 pandemic surges strained hospitals globally. We performed a
systematic review to examine measures of pandemic caseload surge and its impact on …

Importance The spring 2020 surge of COVID-19 unprecedentedly strained ventilator supply
in New York City, with many hospitals nearly exhausting available ventilators and …

(1) Current literature on ethnic minorities, comorbidities, and COVID-19 tends to investigate
these factors separately, leaving gaps in our understanding about their interactions. Our …

Background Traditional models to predict intensive care outcomes do not perform well in
COVID‐19. We undertook a comprehensive study of factors affecting mortality and functional …

Background: Imbalances between hospital caseload and care resources that strained US
hospitals during the pandemic have persisted after the pandemic amid ongoing staff …

Severe obesity increases the risk for negative outcomes in patients with coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19). Our objectives were to investigate the effect of BMI on in-hospital …

Importance A quarter of all 30-day readmissions involve fragmented care, where patients
return to a different hospital than their original admission; these readmissions are associated …

Objectives To describe the short term ability of Australian intensive care units (ICUs) to
increase capacity in response to heightened demand caused by the COVID‐19 pandemic …

Background COVID-19 led to unprecedented inpatient capacity challenges, particularly in
ICUs, which spurred development of statewide or regional placement centers for …

Background At the request of the Statewide Healthcare Coordination Center, the Minnesota
Critical Care Working Group (CCWG) and ethics subgroup (EWG), composed of …