The organisational response of a hospital critical care service to the COVID-19 pandemic: The Groote Schuur Hospital experience.
W L MichellI A JoubertS PetersD L FredericksM G A MillerJ L PiercyC Arnold-DayD A ThomsonR N van Zyl-SmitG CalligaroG StrathieP L SempleR HofmeyrD PetersK DhedaPublished in: The Southern African journal of critical care : the official journal of the Critical Care Society (2021)
We describe the organisational requirements to successfully expand critical care facilities and strategies to reduce the need for invasive mechanical ventilation in COVID-19 pneumonia. We also present the intensive care outcomes of these patients in a resource-constrained environment.