Managing ICU surge during the COVID-19 crisis: rapid guidelines.
Shadman AzizYaseen M ArabiWaleed AlhazzaniLaura EvansGiuseppe CiterioKatherine FischkoffJorge SalluhGeert MeyfroidtFayez AlshamsiSimon OczkowskiElie AzoulayAmy PriceLisa BurryAmy DzierbaAndrew BenintendeJill MorganGiacomo GrasselliAndrew RhodesMorten H MøllerLarry ChuShelly SchwedhelmJohn J LoweDu BinMichael D ChristianPublished in: Intensive care medicine (2020)
Given the rapidly changing nature of COVID-19, clinicians and policy makers require urgent review and summary of the literature, and synthesis of evidence-based guidelines to inform practice. The WHO advocates for rapid reviews in these circumstances. The purpose of this rapid guideline is to provide recommendations on the organizational management of intensive care units caring for patients with COVID-19 including: planning a crisis surge response; crisis surge response strategies; triage, supporting families, and staff.
Keyphrases
- public health
- coronavirus disease
- intensive care unit
- sars cov
- clinical practice
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- healthcare
- emergency department
- systematic review
- primary care
- mental health
- randomized controlled trial
- quality improvement
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- sensitive detection
- long term care
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation