TY - JOUR AU - Lapidus, Nathanael AU - Zhou, Xianlong AU - Carrat, Fabrice AU - Riou, Bruno AU - Zhao, Yan AU - Hejblum, Gilles PY - 2020 DA - 2020/10/16 TI - Biased and unbiased estimation of the average length of stay in intensive care units in the Covid-19 pandemic JO - Annals of Intensive Care SP - 135 VL - 10 IS - 1 AB - The average length of stay (LOS) in the intensive care unit (ICU_ALOS) is a helpful parameter summarizing critical bed occupancy. During the outbreak of a novel virus, estimating early a reliable ICU_ALOS estimate of infected patients is critical to accurately parameterize models examining mitigation and preparedness scenarios. SN - 2110-5820 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13613-020-00749-6 DO - 10.1186/s13613-020-00749-6 ID - Lapidus2020 ER -