[HTML][HTML] Preparing your intensive care unit for the COVID-19 pandemic: practical considerations and strategies

KJ Goh, J Wong, JCC Tien, SY Ng, S Duu Wen… - Critical Care, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has rapidly evolved into a worldwide
pandemic. Preparing intensive care units (ICU) is an integral part of any pandemic …

Hospital preparedness for COVID-19: a practical guide from a critical care perspective

KM Griffin, MG Karas, NS Ivascu… - American journal of …, 2020 - atsjournals.org
In response to the estimated potential impact of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on New
York City hospitals, our institution prepared for an influx of critically ill patients. Multiple areas …

Preparing for COVID-19: early experience from an intensive care unit in Singapore

MF Liew, WT Siow, G MacLaren, KC See - Critical Care, 2020 - Springer
Dear Editor, About a third of patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) become critically ill and require intensive care unit (ICU) …

[HTML][HTML] How the COVID-19 pandemic will change the future of critical care

YM Arabi, E Azoulay, HM Al-Dorzi, J Phua… - Intensive care …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) has posed unprecedented healthcare system
challenges, some of which will lead to transformative change. It is obvious to healthcare …

Strengthening ICU health security for a coronavirus epidemic

M Jansson, X Liao, J Rello - Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 2020 - Elsevier
Background On 10 January, the World Health Organization (WHO) published a range of
interim guidance for all countries on how they can prepare for nCoV, including how to …

[HTML][HTML] Novel coronavirus infection during the 2019–2020 epidemic: preparing intensive care units—the experience in Sichuan Province, China

X Liao, B Wang, Y Kang - Intensive care medicine, 2020 - Springer
Up to 31 January 2020, there have been 9811 officially reported confirmed cases of 2019-
novel coronavirus (nCoV) infection in China since the epidemic began in December 2019 …

Severe COVID-19 and healthcare-associated infections on the ICU: time to remember the basics?

A Sturdy, M Basarab, M Cotter… - Journal of …, 2020 - journalofhospitalinfection.com
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has posed a significant health care challenge
globally, with intensive care unit (ICU) provision being of particular consequence [1]. In the …

Healthcare professionals' experiences during the initial stage of the COVID-19 pandemic in the intensive care unit: A qualitative study

CB Mortensen, J Zachodnik, SF Caspersen… - Intensive and Critical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The COVID-19 pandemic called for rapidly considerable changes in the
healthcare system. Healthcare professionals from different departments within the hospital …

[HTML][HTML] Admission decisions to intensive care units in the context of the major COVID-19 outbreak: local guidance from the COVID-19 Paris-region area

É Azoulay, S Beloucif, B Guidet, D Pateron, B Vivien… - Critical Care, 2020 - Springer
SARS-CoV-2 has caused a global pandemic unprecedented in size, spread, severity, and
mortality. The influx of patients with severe or life-threatening disease means that in some …

Critical care surge during the COVID-19 pandemic: implementation and feedback from frontline providers

AB Keene, AL Shiloh, L Eisen… - Journal of Intensive …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose: Montefiore Medical Center (MMC) in the Bronx, New York, was subjected to an
unprecedented surge of critically ill patients with COVID-19 disease during the initial …