Critically ill COVID-19 patient

HALAÇLI B., EROL S., TOPELİ İSKİT A.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, cilt.50, ss.585-591, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
  • Cilt numarası: 50
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3906/sag-2004-122
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.585-591
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Coronavirus, SARS-CoV 2, pandemic, respiratory failure, ARDS, intensive care
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) stands out as the major pandemic that we have experienced in the last century. As it affects every social structure, it brought the importance of intensive care support once again to the agenda of healthcare system after causing severe acute respiratory syndrome. The precautions to be taken against this virus, where our knowledge is extremely small, intensive care units take an indispensable place in pandemic planning. In this review, we aimed to emphasize the crucial points regarding intensive care management of COVID-19 patients, which we have written not only for intensivists but also for all healthcare professionals.