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cord-287161-hqrql1lh	McGrail, D. E.	COVID-19 Case Series at UnityPoint Health St. Lukes Hospital in Cedar Rapids, IA	2020-07-19		.txt	text/plain	2237	146	48	A retrospective, descriptive study of all patients tested for SARS-CoV2 on admission for illness to a community hospital in Iowa from 3/21/20 thru 6/14/20 consisted of evaluation as to demographics, presentation and hospital course. Overall survival of the COVID-19 patients was 88%, 77% in the critically ill, 59% of those mechanically ventilated and 33% of those requiring new dialysis. In this case series, we aim to describe epidemiological, clinical, laboratory, and treatment outcomes of confirmed COVID-19 patients admitted 3/21/2020 thru 6/14/2020 to UPH St. Luke's Hospital, one of the two hospitals in Cedar Rapids. This early peak in ICU resources is a reflection of transitioning from an early intubation intervention for COVID-19 related acute hypoxic respiratory failure to a strategy of utilizing high flow nasal cannula and noninvasive ventilation(i.e BiPAP) as supported in the literature 15 . In addition, our data indicates a significant portion of the critically ill patients whom were mechanically ventilated required hemodialysis support, 47%(9 of 19).	./cache/cord-287161-hqrql1lh.txt	./txt/cord-287161-hqrql1lh.txt