Med Intensiva. Contingency plan for the intensive care services for the COVID-19 pandemic

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Med Intensiva. 2020 Apr 23. pii: S0210-5691(20)30095-4. doi: 10.1016/j.medin.2020.03.006. [Epub ahead of print]
Contingency plan for the intensive care services for the COVID-19 pandemic.


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Rascado Sedes P¹, Ballesteros Sanz MA², Bod? Saera MA³, Carrasco Rodr?guez-Rey LF⁴, Castellanos Ortega A⁵, Catal?n Gonz?lez M⁴, L?pez CH⁶, D?az Santos E⁶, Escriba Barcena A⁷, Frade Mera MJ⁴, Ige?o Cano JC⁸, Mart?n Delgado MC⁹, Mart?nez Estalella G¹⁰, Raimondi N¹¹, Roca I Gas O¹², Rodr?guez Oviedo A³, Romero San P?o E¹³, Trenado ?lvarez J¹⁴; Junta directiva de la SEMICYUC; Junta directiva de la SEEIUC.

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Abstract

In January 2020, the Chinese authorities identified a new virus of the Coronaviridae family as the cause of several cases of pneumonia of unknown aetiology. The outbreak was initially confined to Wuhan City, but then spread outside Chinese borders. On 31 January 2020, the first case was declared in Spain. On 11 March 2020, The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. On 16 March 2020, there were 139 countries affected. In this situation, the Scientific Societies SEMICYUC and SEEIUC have decided to draw up this Contingency Plan to guide the response of the Intensive Care Services. The objectives of this plan are to estimate the magnitude of the problem and identify the necessary human and material resources. This is to provide the Spanish Intensive Medicine Services with a tool to programme optimal response strategies.
Copyright ? 2020 Elsevier Espa?a, S.L.U. y SEMICYUC. All rights reserved.



KEYWORDS:

COVID-19; Coronavirus; Pandemia; Pandemic; SARS-CoV-2


PMID:32336551DOI:10.1016/j.medin.2020.03.006