Intensive Care Medicine volume 46, pages
357–360(2020)
Up to 31 January 2020, there have been 9811 officially
reported confirmed cases of 2019-novel coronavirus (nCoV) infection in China
since the epidemic began in December 2019 (updated data available at https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6).
With the rapid transmission, the epidemic has spread
throughout the country, and 177 cases have been reported in Sichuan Province.
As nCoV infection is a highly contagious disease with high mortality (3–15%) [1,2,3]
and West China Hospital (WCH) is the largest hospital in the southwest of China
and the referral medical center in Sichuan Province, it is our responsibility
to prepare for admission of additional critically ill patients as a matter of
emergency. We have held several expert meetings and have reviewed the related
literature to develop a plan to respond to the epidemic [4, 5].
The purpose of the plan is to enable us to provide the maximum level of care to
critically ill patients while ensuring the protection of medical staff…
No comments:
Post a Comment