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Review
. 2023 Dec;30(6):22-28.
doi: 10.21315/mjms2023.30.6.3. Epub 2023 Dec 19.

A Serendipitous Outcome of COVID-19: Modifications to ICU Management

Syeda Warda Murshad  1 , Arsalan Aamir Khan  1 , Suraksha Rani  2 , Muhammad Kamran  1
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A Serendipitous Outcome of COVID-19: Modifications to ICU Management

Syeda Warda Murshad et al. Malays J Med Sci. 2023 Dec.

Abstract

Nosocomial infections are common in intensive care units (ICUs) and often cause increased morbidity and mortality rates in ICU patients. With the emergence of the highly infectious COVID-19, the high prevalence of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) in ICU has caused much more concern because patients admitted to the ICU have a more severe and prolonged form of the disease. These patients are more likely to develop HAIs than non-ICU patients. Medical communities adopted several measures to make ICU management safer during the pandemic all over the world. In this study, we re-examined the challenges faced and the changes made in ICU management during the pandemic to speculate how these changes will be relevant post-pandemic and can be permanently incorporated into the ICU to improve safety, management, and critical care and make critical care better equipped for future disease breakouts.

Keywords: COVID-19; critical care; healthcare-associated infections; intensive care units.

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