In this issue of Anaesthesia, Taylor et al. report on the factors associated with mortality in patients with COVID-19 admitted to ICU [1]. First, it is worth emphasising that only a minority of patients who have died in the pandemic have done so in ICU: 9% of those in the UK, with a third of deaths occurring outside hospital and six in seven hospital deaths occurring on the wards [2]. The average age of patients admitted to ICU in the UK is 10 years lower than for all hospitalised patients and more than 20 years younger than patients who have died from COVID-19: 61 vs. 73 vs. 83 y [3-5]. Despite only a minority of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 being admitted to ICU, there has been an enormous focus on critical care during the pandemic and this is appropriate.

在本期《麻醉》中，Taylor 等人。关于与入住 ICU 的 COVID-19 患者死亡率相关的因素的报告 [ 1 ]。首先，值得强调的是，在大流行中死亡的患者中只有少数在 ICU 中死亡：9% 在英国，三分之一的死亡发生在医院外，七分之六的医院死亡发生在病房内[ 2 ]。英国入住 ICU 的患者平均年龄比所有住院患者低 10 岁，比死于 COVID-19 的患者年轻 20 多岁：61 岁 vs. 73 岁 vs. 83 岁 [ 3-5]]。尽管只有少数因 COVID-19 住院的患者被送入 ICU，但在大流行期间，人们非常关注重症监护，这是适当的。