Managing ICU surge during the COVID-19 crisis: rapid guidelines

S Aziz, YM Arabi, W Alhazzani, L Evans, G Citerio… - Intensive care …, 2020 - Springer
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 …

Hospital surge capacity in a tertiary emergency referral centre during the COVID‐19 outbreak in Italy

L Carenzo, E Costantini, M Greco, FL Barra… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The first person‐to‐person transmission of the 2019 novel coronavirus in Italy on 21
February 2020 led to an infection chain that represents one of the largest known COVID‐19 …

Nurses on the frontline against the COVID-19 pandemic: an integrative review

A Al Thobaity, F Alshammari - Dubai medical journal, 2020 - karger.com
COVID-19 has affected the life and health of more than 1 million people across the world.
This overwhelms many countries' healthcare systems, and, of course, affects healthcare …

Impact of COVID-19 on nursing time in intensive care units in Belgium

A Bruyneel, MC Gallani, J Tack, A d'Hondt… - Intensive and Critical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on nursing practice in
intensive care unit and consequently, on workload. Objective To assess the nurse-patient …

ICU admission, discharge, and triage guidelines: a framework to enhance clinical operations, development of institutional policies, and further research

JL Nates, M Nunnally, R Kleinpell, S Blosser… - Critical care …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: To update the Society of Critical Care Medicine's guidelines for ICU admission,
discharge, and triage, providing a framework for clinical practice, the development of …

Adult ICU triage during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: who will live and who will die? Recommendations to improve survival

CL Sprung, GM Joynt, MD Christian… - Critical care …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: Coronavirus disease 2019 patients are currently overwhelming the world's
healthcare systems. This article provides practical guidance to front-line physicians forced to …

Recomendaciones éticas para la toma de decisiones difíciles en las unidades de cuidados intensivos ante la situación excepcional de crisis por la pandemia por …

O Rubio, A Estella, L Cabre, I Saralegui-Reta… - Medicina intensiva, 2020 - Elsevier
Ante la situación excepcional de salud pública provocada por la pandemia por COVID-19,
desde el grupo de ética de la Sociedad Española de Medicina Intensiva, Crítica y Unidades …

[HTML][HTML] Creating a palliative care inpatient response plan for COVID-19—The UW medicine experience

J Fausto, L Hirano, D Lam, A Mehta, B Mills… - Journal of pain and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Context The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is stressing health care
systems throughout the world. Significant numbers of patients are being admitted to the …

The Italian ECMO network experience during the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic: preparation for severe respiratory emergency outbreaks

N Patroniti, A Zangrillo, F Pappalardo, A Peris… - Intensive care …, 2011 - Springer
Purpose In view of the expected 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pandemic, the Italian Health
Authorities set up a national referral network of selected intensive care units (ICU) able to …

Ethical considerations: care of the critically ill and injured during pandemics and disasters: CHEST consensus statement

LD Biddison, KA Berkowitz, B Courtney, CMJ De Jong… - Chest, 2014 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND Mass critical care entails time-sensitive decisions and changes in the
standard of care that it is possible to deliver. These circumstances increase provider …