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A global COVID-19 registry that tracks ICU and hospital care patterns in near real time
Viral Infection and Respiratory Illness Universal Study (VIRUS) is a prospective, cross-sectional, observational study and registry of all eligible adult and pediatric patients who are admitted to a hospital. There is no intervention or patient interaction. Only de-identified data are used for analysis. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04323787
VIRUS COVID-19 Registry Dashboard
Please check whether your site is already enrolled as a VIRUS participating site before enrolling. Then complete the intake form and download the frequently asked questions.
A waiver of informed consent for data collection is being requested for this study from participating sites. No patients will be contacted, but clinicians participating in the study will be surveyed for feedback and satisfaction. For any questions, contact Vishakha Kumar.
ICUs participating in the VIRUS Registry may also be among the 20 sites participating in the STOP-VIRUS collaborative. For more information about this network of ICUs, its leaders and participants, and the learning material being developed, click here.
Press releases and news articles highlighting VIRUS activities.
Neurologic Manifestations of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection in Hospitalized Patients During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic Cervantes-Arslanian AM, Venkata C, Anand P, Burns JD, Ong CJ, LeMahieu AM, Schulte PJ, Singh TD, Rabinstein AA, Deo N, Bansal V, Boman K, Domecq Garces JP, Lee Armaignac D, Christie AB, Melamed RR, Tarabichi Y, Cheruku SR, Khanna AK, Denson JL, Banner-Goodspeed VM, Anderson HL 3rd, Gajic O, Kumar VK, Walkey A, Kashyap R. Neurologic Manifestations of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection in Hospitalized Patients During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Crit Care Explor. 2022 Apr 25;4(4):e0686. doi: 10.1097/CCE.0000000000000686. PMID: 35492258; PMCID: PMC9042584. Program Type: VIRUS
Lessons From a Rapid Project Management Exercise in the Time of Pandemic: Methodology for a Global COVID-19 VIRUS Registry Database Turek JR, Bansal V, Tekin A, Singh S, Deo N, Sharma M, Bogojevic M, Qamar S, Singh R, Kumar V, Kashyap R. Lessons From a Rapid Project Management Exercise in the Time of Pandemic: Methodology for a Global COVID-19 VIRUS Registry Database. JMIR Res Protoc. 2022 Mar 15;11(3):e27921. doi: 10.2196/27921. Program Type: VIRUS
Association of latitude and altitude with adverse outcomes in patients with COVID-19: The VIRUS registry Tekin A, Qamar S, Singh R, Bansal V, Sharma M, LeMahieu AM, Hanson AC, Schulte PJ, Bogojevic M, Deo N, Zec S, Valencia Morales DJ, Belden KA, Heavner SF, Kaufman M, Cheruku S, Danesh VC, Banner-Goodspeed VM, St Hill CA, Christie AB, Khan SA, Retford L, Boman K, Kumar VK, O'Horo JC, Domecq JP, Walkey AJ, Gajic O, Kashyap R, Surani S; Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Discovery Viral Infection and Respiratory Illness Universal Study (VIRUS): COVID-19 Registry Investigator Group. Association of latitude and altitude with adverse outcomes in patients with COVID-19: The VIRUS registry. World J Crit Care Med. 2022 Mar 9;11(2):102-111. doi: 10.5492/wjccm.v11.i2.102. PMID: 35433315; PMCID: PMC8968480. Program Type: VIRUS
Cutaneous manifestations of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the VIRUS COVID-19 registry Deo N, Tekin A, Bansal V, Koritala T, Mullen B, Armaignac DL, Chiotos K, Bjornstad EC, Gharpure VP, Bogojevic M, Qamar S, Singh R, Sharma M, Gajic O, Kumar V, Walkey A, Kashyap R, Domecq JP, Alavi A; From The Society of Critical Care Medicine Discovery Viral Infection and Respiratory Illness Universal Study (VIRUS): COVID-19 Registry Investigator Group. Cutaneous manifestations of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the VIRUS COVID-19 registry. Int J Dermatol. 2022 May;61(5):623-625. doi: 10.1111/ijd.16134. Epub 2022 Feb 19. PMID: 35182396. Program Type: VIRUS
Hospital Variation in Management and Outcomes of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Due to COVID-19 Johnson SW, Garcia MA, Sisson EKQ, Sheldrick CR, Kumar VK, Boman K, Bolesta S, Bansal V, Lal A, Domecq JP, Melamed RR, Christie AB, Husain A, Yus S, Gajic O, Kashyap R, Walkey AJ. Hospital Variation in Management and Outcomes of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Due to COVID-19. Crit Care Explor. 2022 Feb 18;10(2):e0638. doi: 10.1097/CCE.0000000000000638. Program Type: VIRUS
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