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Review
. 2020 Jul;46(7):1303-1325.
doi: 10.1007/s00134-020-06092-5. Epub 2020 Jun 8.

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

Shadman Aziz  1 , Yaseen M Arabi  2 , Waleed Alhazzani  3 , Laura Evans  4 , Giuseppe Citerio  5 , Katherine Fischkoff  6 , Jorge Salluh  7 , Geert Meyfroidt  8 , Fayez Alshamsi  9 , Simon Oczkowski  3 , Elie Azoulay  10 , Amy Price  11 , Lisa Burry  12 , Amy Dzierba  13 , Andrew Benintende  6 , Jill Morgan  14 , Giacomo Grasselli  15 , Andrew Rhodes  16 , Morten H Møller  17 , Larry Chu  11 , Shelly Schwedhelm  18 , John J Lowe  19 , Du Bin  20 , Michael D Christian  21
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Review

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

Shadman Aziz et al. Intensive Care Med. 2020 Jul.

Abstract

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 practice. The WHO advocates for rapid reviews in these circumstances. The purpose of this rapid guideline is to provide recommendations on the organizational management of intensive care units caring for patients with COVID-19 including: planning a crisis surge response; crisis surge response strategies; triage, supporting families, and staff.

Keywords: COVID-19; Critical care; Guideline; Pandemics; Surge capacity; Triage.

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Conflict of interest statement

Dr. Yaseen Arabi is the principal investigator on a clinical trial for lopinavir/ritonavir and interferon in MERS. All other authors declared no conflicts of interest.

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Projected versus observed number of hospitalized patients per day, for Belgium. Model created by Lize Raes and Kareljan Raes, and available on https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_tT–cLqvRyRHBjYmkkZu6MC0leXev8p/view
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Care team model for extending the capacity of ICU clinicians
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