Near real-time observation reveals increased prevalence of young patients in the ICU during the emerging third SARS-CoV-2 wave in Switzerland

Hilty, Matthias Peter; Moser, André; David, Sascha; Wendel Garcia, Pedro David; Capaldo, Giuliana; Keiser, Stefanie; Fumeaux, Thierry; Guerci, Philippe; Montomoli, Jonathan; Van Boeckel, Thomas P; Jeitziner, Marie-Madlen; Que, Yok-Ai; Jakob, Stefan; Schüpbach, Reto; RISC-19-ICU Investigators for Switzerland

doi:10.4414/smw.2021.20553

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Hilty, M. P., Moser, A., David, S., Wendel Garcia, P. D., Capaldo, G., Keiser, S., Fumeaux, T., Guerci, P., Montomoli, J., Van Boeckel, T. P., Jeitziner, M.-M., Que, Y.-A., Jakob, S., Schüpbach, R., & RISC-19-ICU Investigators for Switzerland. (2021). Near real-time observation reveals increased prevalence of young patients in the ICU during the emerging third SARS-CoV-2 wave in Switzerland. Swiss Medical Weekly, 151, w20553. https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2021.20553

Abstract

AIMS OF THE STUDY: During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the launch of a large-scale vaccination campaign and virus mutations have hinted at possible changes in transmissibility and the virulence affecting disease progression up to critical illness, and carry potential for future vaccination failure. To monitor disease development over time with respect to critically ill COVID-19 patients, we report near real-time prospective observational data from the RISC-19-ICU registry that indicate changed characteristics of critically ill patie