Multidisciplinary team approach in critically ill COVID-19 patients reduced pronation-related complications rate: A retrospective cohort study

  1. Samuele Ceruti
  2. Andrea Glotta
  3. Maira Biggiogero
  4. Giovanni Bona
  5. Andrea Saporito
  6. Nicola Faldarini
  7. Diana Olivieri
  8. Claudia Molteni
  9. Stefano Petazzi
  10. Xavier Capdevila

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  1. Version published to 10.1016/j.amsu.2021.102836
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    Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.

    Table 1: Rigor

    EthicsIRB: Ethical consideration: This study has been notified to the Ethics Committees (Comitato Etico Cantonale, Chairman Prof.
    Consent: Informed consent was obtained from patients involved in the analysis.
    Sex as a biological variablenot detected.
    Randomizationnot detected.
    Blindingnot detected.
    Power Analysisnot detected.

    Table 2: Resources

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    Statistical data analysis was performed using SPSS (version 25.0; IBM Corp, Armonk, New York, USA).
    SPSS
    suggested: (SPSS, RRID:SCR_002865)

    Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).

    Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:
    Our study presented some limitations. Firstly, it was a monocentric observational retrospective study, with a relatively small series of patients. Secondly, due to the emergency situation caused by the pandemic, it was not possible to obtain a control group; nevertheless, the evidence that major complications directly related to pronation had almost disappeared, while minor complications (not directly related to pronation) incidence persisted, can be intended as “indirect control", suggesting that the presence of a specific team for pronation can actually reduce the rate of major complications related to this gesture. Thirdly, due to the retrospective nature of the study, only pressure injuries were considered among the minor complications investigated; however, among minor complications, pressure ulcers were the most important and the most represented. It can be speculated that pronation played a protective role only in complications related to a direct gesture.

    Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.

    Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.

    Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.

    Results from rtransparent:
    • Thank you for including a conflict of interest statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • No funding statement was detected.
    • No protocol registration statement was detected.

    Results from scite Reference Check: We found no unreliable references.

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