[Expert consensus on treatment of severe COVID-19 caused by Omicron variants].

ABSTRACT

Severe novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) caused by Omicron variants has arisen in many places of China recently, and critical care is currently the biggest challenge for medical institutions in China. How to manage these patients in a procedural and standardized way to minimize the mortality is a problem that the medical staff with different professional backgrounds has to face. Therefore, the Chinese Thoracic Society and Chinese Association of Chest Physicians Critical Care Group jointly initiated and organized pulmonary and critical care experts to write this recommendation based on the current medical evidence and clinical practice, in order to standardize the clinical treatment of critically ill patients.