Erschienen in:
18.06.2021 | Correspondence
Provision of critical care in austere conditions: staff, supplies and space
verfasst von:
Jasmine Proulx, Katherine Russell, Julien Gallant, Kristina Krmpotic
Erschienen in:
Intensive Care Medicine
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Ausgabe 9/2021
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Excerpt
In a recent issue of Intensive Care Medicine, Proudfoot et al. [
1] describe a cohort of invasively ventilated patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cared for at Nightingale Hospital London (NHL), a critical care unit constructed in a London conference centre. It is commendable that outcomes were comparable to a national cohort of patients with similar characteristics and severity of illness. Provision of critical care requires significant infrastructure, including specialized personnel and equipment [
2], which were rapidly mobilized to provide exceptional care. …