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Review
. 2020 Apr 21;50(SI-1):585-591.
doi: 10.3906/sag-2004-122.

Critically-ill COVID-19 patient

Burcin Halacli  1 , Akin Kaya  2 , Arzu Topeli  1
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Review

Critically-ill COVID-19 patient

Burcin Halacli et al. Turk J Med Sci. .

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: ARDS; Coronavirus; SARS-CoV 2; intensive care; pandemic; respiratory failure; intensive care.

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BH does not declare any conflict of interest.

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