Triage and management of probable COVID-19 patients in the intensive care unit during the pandemic period

Yesiler, F. I.; Kandemir, E.; Akmatov, N.; Kandemir, T.; Yalcin, T. Y.; Sahinturk, H.; Gedik, E.; Zeyneloglu, P.

Yesiler, F. I.; Kandemir, E.; Akmatov, N.; Kandemir, T.; Yalcin, T. Y.; Sahinturk, H.; Gedik, E.; Zeyneloglu, P..

Annals of Medical Research ; 28(9):1690-1698, 2021.

Article in English | GIM | ID: covidwho-1559163

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

Aim:

Republic of Turkey Ministry of Health dedicated our hospital as a transplant center during the pandemic period. We admitted probable Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection (COVID-19) cases and intensive care unit (ICU) patients from other centers, while confirmed COVID-19 cases were transferred to dedicated pandemic hospitals. The aim of this study was to determine the demographic parameters, clinical courses and outcomes of probable COVID-19 patients and to compare survivors with non-survivors admitted to our ICU. Materials and

Methods:

After Ethics Committee approval, 93 patients admitted to our ICU between March 23 and May 13 were analyzed retrospectively.

Keywords

11000-17-2; human, diseases; coronavirus, disease, 2019; viral, diseases; pandemics; patients; health, care; health, services; intensive, care; intensive, care, units; hospitals; hospital, care; severe, course; hospital, admission; disease, course; survival; epidemiology; retrospective, studies; symptoms; hypertension; dyspnoea; comorbidity; lungs; computed, tomography; pneumonia; X, radiation; diagnosis; artificial, respiration; oxygen, deficiency; vasopressin; kidneys; kidney, transplant; transplants; transplantation; surgery; surgical, operations; guidelines; radiography; quality, of, care; patient, care; mortality; acute, course; man; Severe, acute, respiratory, syndrome, coronavirus, 2; Turkey; Homo; Hominidae; primates; mammals; vertebrates; Chordata; animals; eukaryotes; Severe, acute, respiratory, syndrome-related, coronavirus; Betacoronavirus; Coronavirinae; Coronaviridae; Nidovirales; positive-sense, ssRNA, Viruses; ssRNA, Viruses; RNA, Viruses; viruses; Mediterranean, Region; OECD, Countries; upper-middle, income, countries; very, high, Human, Development, Index, countries; West, Asia; Asia; SARS-CoV-2; viral, infections; critical, care; disease, progression; high, blood, pressure; dyspnea; X, rays; antidiuretic, hormone; pitressin; recommendations; death, rate

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