Critically ill COVID-19 patient

Authors

BURÇİN HALAÇLI
AKIN KAYA
ARZU TOPELİ İSKİT

DOI

10.3906/sag-2004-122

Abstract

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.

Keywords

Coronavirus, SARS-CoV 2, pandemic, respiratory failure, ARDS, intensive care

First Page

585

Last Page

591

Recommended Citation

HALAÇLI, BURÇİN; KAYA, AKIN; and İSKİT, ARZU TOPELİ (2020) "Critically ill COVID-19 patient," Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences: Vol. 50: No. 9, Article 15. https://doi.org/10.3906/sag-2004-122
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/medical/vol50/iss9/15