Journals / Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences / 2020 / Cilt: 50 - Sayı: 3

Critically ill COVID-19 patient

Pages
585–591
DOI
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Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) stands out as the major pandemic that we have experienced in the last century. Asit affects every social structure, it brought the importance of intensive care support once again to the agenda of healthcare systemafter causing severe acute respiratory syndrome. The precautions to be taken against this virus, where our knowledge is extremelysmall, intensive care units take an indispensable place in pandemic planning. In this review, we aimed to emphasize the crucial pointsregarding intensive care management of COVID-19 patients, which we have written not only for intensivists but also for all healthcareprofessionals.