Challenges for the care delivery for critically ill COVID-19 patients in developing countries: the Brazilian perspective

Jorge I F Salluh^{1

2}, Thiago Lisboa^{3

4}, Fernando A Bozza^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Critical Care and Postgraduate Program in Translational Medicine, D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rua Diniz Cordeiro, 30 - 3º andar, Rio de Janeiro, 22281-100, Brazil. jorgesalluh@gmail.com.
² Programa de Pós-Graduação em Clínica Médica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. jorgesalluh@gmail.com.
³ Critical Care Department and Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciencias Pneumologicas, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
⁴ Instituto de Pesquisa Hospital do Coração - HCor, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁵ Department of Critical Care and Postgraduate Program in Translational Medicine, D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rua Diniz Cordeiro, 30 - 3º andar, Rio de Janeiro, 22281-100, Brazil.
⁶ Critical Care Lab, National Institute of Infectious Disease Evandro Chagas, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Jorge I F Salluh et al. Crit Care. 2020.

. 2020 Sep 30;24(1):593.

doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-03278-7.

Jorge I F Salluh^{1

2}, Thiago Lisboa^{3

4}, Fernando A Bozza^{5

6}

¹ Department of Critical Care and Postgraduate Program in Translational Medicine, D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rua Diniz Cordeiro, 30 - 3º andar, Rio de Janeiro, 22281-100, Brazil. jorgesalluh@gmail.com.
² Programa de Pós-Graduação em Clínica Médica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. jorgesalluh@gmail.com.
³ Critical Care Department and Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciencias Pneumologicas, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
⁴ Instituto de Pesquisa Hospital do Coração - HCor, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁵ Department of Critical Care and Postgraduate Program in Translational Medicine, D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rua Diniz Cordeiro, 30 - 3º andar, Rio de Janeiro, 22281-100, Brazil.
⁶ Critical Care Lab, National Institute of Infectious Disease Evandro Chagas, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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