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cord-351264-zp41u14l	Quah, Pipetius	Mortality rates of patients with COVID-19 in the intensive care unit: a systematic review of the emerging literature	2020-06-04		.txt	text/plain	700	52	54	title: Mortality rates of patients with COVID-19 in the intensive care unit: a systematic review of the emerging literature Mortality rates of patients with COVID-19 in the intensive care unit: a systematic review of the emerging literature Pipetius Quah 1* , Andrew Li 1 and Jason Phua 1, 2 The understanding of outcomes in the intensive care unit (ICU) for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) remains poor. Studies have reported close to 100% mortality amongst patients requiring mechanical ventilation [1] , and this together with the hypothesis that COVID-19 may not cause classic acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has led to concerns regarding the use of mechanical ventilation [2, 3] . We searched PubMed for studies published between Dec 1, 2019, and May 8, 2020, with at least ten ICU patients with COVID-19 and reported ICU mortality data. We conclude that while there is a need for further studies which capture patients' final dispositions, the current preliminary data does not suggest unusually high ICU mortality rates for COVID-19.	./cache/cord-351264-zp41u14l.txt	./txt/cord-351264-zp41u14l.txt