COVID-19: A critical care perspective informed by lessons learnt from other viral epidemics

Anaesthesia Critical Care and Pain Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2020, Pages 163-166

  Ling, Lowell ^a   Joynt, Gavin M ^a   Lipman, Jeff ^b,c,d   Constantin, Jean Michel ^e   Joannes Boyau, Olivier ^f  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d NÎMES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Infection control; Outbreak; SARS CoV 2

Indexed keywords

LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; RIBAVIRIN;

CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; REAL TIME REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; RESUSCITATION; SARS-RELATED CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; BETACORONAVIRUS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; INTENSIVE CARE; PANDEMIC; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CRITICAL CARE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85080892572     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23525568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.accpm.2020.02.002     Document Type: Editorial

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