Impact of COVID‐19 on an Australian intensive care unit: lessons learned from South Australia

Impact of COVID‐19 on an Australian intensive care unit: lessons learned from South Australia

The scale of the COVID‐19 pandemic represents unprecedented challenges to healthcare systems. We describe a cohort of 18 critically ill COVID‐19 patients – to our knowledge the highest number, in a single intensive care unit in Australia. We discuss the complex challenges and dynamic solutions that...

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Veröffentlicht in:Internal medicine journal 2020-09, Vol.50 (9), p.1146-1150
Hauptverfasser: Nadkarni, Aniket, Alderson, Steven, Collett, Luke, Maiden, Matthew, Reddi, Benjamin, Sundararajan, Krishnaswamy
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Aged
Betacoronavirus
Communication
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections - mortality
Coronavirus Infections - therapy
COVID-19
critical care
Disaster Planning
Family - psychology
Female
Humans
Infection Control - organization & administration
Intensive care
intensive care unit
Intensive Care Units - organization & administration
Intensive Care Units - standards
Length of Stay
Male
Middle Aged
Occupational Health - standards
pandemic
Pandemics
Personal Viewpoint
Personal Viewpoints
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral - mortality
Pneumonia, Viral - therapy
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Referral and Consultation
SARS-CoV-2
South Australia - epidemiology
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Zusammenfassung:The scale of the COVID‐19 pandemic represents unprecedented challenges to healthcare systems. We describe a cohort of 18 critically ill COVID‐19 patients – to our knowledge the highest number, in a single intensive care unit in Australia. We discuss the complex challenges and dynamic solutions that concern an intensive care unit pandemic response. Acting as the State's COVID‐19 referral hospital, we provide local insights to consider alongside national guidelines.
ISSN:1444-0903
1445-5994
DOI:10.1111/imj.14963