Editorial

. 2021 Jun;40(3):100873.

doi: 10.1016/j.accpm.2021.100873. Epub 2021 Apr 25.

ICU bed capacity during COVID-19 pandemic in France: From ephemeral beds to continuous and permanent adaptation

Jean-Yves Lefrant¹, Romain Pirracchio², Dan Benhamou³, Bertrand Dureuil⁴, Julien Pottecher⁵, Emmanuel Samain⁶, Olivier Joannes-Boyau⁷, Hervé Bouaziz⁸

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¹ UR-UM103 IMAGINE, Université de Montpellier, Pôle Anesthésie Réanimation Douleur Urgence, CHU Nîmes, Nîmes, France. Electronic address: jean.yves.lefrant@chu-nimes.fr.
² Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Centre, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States.
³ Service d'Anesthésie Réanimation Médecine Péri Opératoire, AP-HP, Université Paris Saclay, Hôpital Bicêtre - 78, rue du Général Leclerc, 94275 Le Kremlin Bicêtre Cedex, France.
⁴ Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France.
⁵ Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Pôle d'Anesthésie-Réanimation & Médecine Péri-Opératoire, Service d'Anesthésie-Réanimation & Médecine Péri-Opératoire Hôpital de Hautepierre - Université de Strasbourg, Faculté de Médecine, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), UR3072 Strasbourg, France.
⁶ Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Besancon, EA 3920, Bourgogne Franche-Comte University, France.
⁷ Service d'Anesthésie-Réanimation Sud, Centre Médico-Chirurgical Magellan, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Bordeaux, 33000 Bordeaux, France.
⁸ Département d'Anesthésie Réanimation, Hôpital Central - CHRU Nancy, Nancy, France.

PMID: 33910085
PMCID: PMC8069631
DOI: 10.1016/j.accpm.2021.100873

Editorial

ICU bed capacity during COVID-19 pandemic in France: From ephemeral beds to continuous and permanent adaptation

Jean-Yves Lefrant et al. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. 2021 Jun.

. 2021 Jun;40(3):100873.

doi: 10.1016/j.accpm.2021.100873. Epub 2021 Apr 25.

Authors

Jean-Yves Lefrant¹, Romain Pirracchio², Dan Benhamou³, Bertrand Dureuil⁴, Julien Pottecher⁵, Emmanuel Samain⁶, Olivier Joannes-Boyau⁷, Hervé Bouaziz⁸

Affiliations

¹ UR-UM103 IMAGINE, Université de Montpellier, Pôle Anesthésie Réanimation Douleur Urgence, CHU Nîmes, Nîmes, France. Electronic address: jean.yves.lefrant@chu-nimes.fr.
² Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Centre, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States.
³ Service d'Anesthésie Réanimation Médecine Péri Opératoire, AP-HP, Université Paris Saclay, Hôpital Bicêtre - 78, rue du Général Leclerc, 94275 Le Kremlin Bicêtre Cedex, France.
⁴ Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France.
⁵ Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Pôle d'Anesthésie-Réanimation & Médecine Péri-Opératoire, Service d'Anesthésie-Réanimation & Médecine Péri-Opératoire Hôpital de Hautepierre - Université de Strasbourg, Faculté de Médecine, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), UR3072 Strasbourg, France.
⁶ Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Besancon, EA 3920, Bourgogne Franche-Comte University, France.
⁷ Service d'Anesthésie-Réanimation Sud, Centre Médico-Chirurgical Magellan, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Bordeaux, 33000 Bordeaux, France.
⁸ Département d'Anesthésie Réanimation, Hôpital Central - CHRU Nancy, Nancy, France.

PMID: 33910085
PMCID: PMC8069631
DOI: 10.1016/j.accpm.2021.100873

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Keywords: Bed availability; COVID-19; France; ICU.

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Availability of beds for critically ill patients and adaptations for increasing bed capacities. ICU: Intensive Care Unit. ACU: Acute Care Unit. CCU: Continuous Care Unit. PACU: Post Anaesthetic Care Unit. OT: Operating Theatre.

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