1. Basic Critical Care for Management of COVID-19 Patients: Position Paper of the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine, Part II.
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Juneja, Deven, Savio, Raymond D., Srinivasan, Shrikanth, Ramasubban, Suresh, Pandit, Rahul A., Reddy, Pavan K., Singh, Manoj, Gopal, Palepu BN, Chaudhry, Dhruva, Dixit, Subhal B., and Samavedam, Srinivas
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ADULT respiratory distress syndrome treatment , *ANTIBIOTICS , *STEROID drugs , *INTENSIVE care units , *BIOMARKERS , *COVID-19 , *CRITICALLY ill , *PATIENTS , *MEDICAL care , *MEDICAL protocols , *MEDICAL care use , *SEPSIS , *CRITICAL care medicine , *DISEASE management - Abstract
In a resource-limited country like India, rationing of scarce critical care resources might be required to ensure appropriate delivery of care to the critically ill patients suffering from COVID-19 infection. Most of these patients require critical care support because of respiratory failure or presence of multiorgan dysfunction syndrome. As there is no pharmacological therapy available, respiratory support in the form of supplemental oxygen, noninvasive ventilation, and invasive mechanical ventilation remains mainstay of care in intensive care units. As there is still dearth of direct evidence, most of the data are extrapolated from the experience gained from the management of general critical care patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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