scholarly journals Minimum requirements for rescuit beds and respiratory equipment in institutions refined for treatment of the new coronavirus infection COVID-19. Article

2020 ◽  
pp. 34-40
Author(s):  
B. V Silaev ◽  
V. I Vechorko ◽  
D. N Protsenko ◽  
O. V Averkov ◽  
E. Yu Khalikova
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Mechanical Ventilation ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Clinical Hospital ◽  
Hospital Beds ◽  
Minimum Requirements ◽  
Bed Capacity ◽  
Coronavirus Infection

City Clinical Hospital No. 15 named after O.M. Filatov, in the context of re-profiling into an infectious diseases hospital, the need for beds in the intensive care unit amounted to at least 12 % of the total number of hospital beds. Provision of apparatus for mechanical ventilation of lungs (mechanical ventilation) should be at least 80 % of the total number of beds in the intensive care unit. In addition, it is necessary to provide for the possibility of expanding the bed capacity to 30 % of the number of regular beds.

scholarly journals Conversion of a maternity hospital to an infectious diseases hospital in the context of a coronavirus infection pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-40
Author(s):  
Sergey N. Perehodov ◽  
Nikoloz Yu. Sakvarelidze ◽  
Svetlana G. Tsakhilova ◽  
Elena V. Lunina
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Maternity Hospital ◽  
Medical Institutions ◽  
Coronavirus Infection ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Government ◽  
The City

Coronavirus infection caused by a new strain of SARS-CoV-2 virus contributed to an increase in the number of infectious patients. The Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation and Rospotrebnadzor took over the organization of work to combat the pandemic. In Moscow, medical and preventive events were organized by the Government of the capital and the Department of Health of the city. As soon as possible, it was decided to reassign medical institutions to infectious hospitals for the treatment of patients with COVID-19 or with suspicion of it. “Maternity hospital No. 8” – the branch of State Clinical Hospital named after V. P. Demikhov was redesigned as a hospital on March 13, 2020. The decision was due to the presence of isolated boxes and an intensive care unit in the institution. The task was solved in one day: the first patients with coronavirus infection were admitted to the hospital for medical care at 17:00 on March 13, 2020.

Estimating Brazilian states’ demands for intensive care unit and clinical hospital beds during the COVID-19 pandemic: development of a predictive model

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
João Flávio de Freitas Almeida ◽  
Samuel Vieira Conceição ◽  
Luiz Ricardo Pinto ◽  
Cláudia Júlia Guimarães Horta ◽  
Virgínia Silva Magalhães ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Predictive Model ◽  
Clinical Hospital ◽  
Hospital Beds

Parameters of bed occupancy of intensive care units in Hungary

2011 ◽  
Vol 152 (24) ◽  
pp. 946-950 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miklós Gresz
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Emergency Care ◽  
Present Author ◽  
Bed Occupancy ◽  
National Network ◽  
Bed Capacity

According to the Semmelweis Plan for Saving Health Care, ”the capacity of the national network of intensive care units in Hungary is one but not the only bottleneck of emergency care at present”. Author shows on the basis of data reported to the health insurance that not on a single calendar day more than 75% of beds in intensive care units were occupied. There were about 15 to 20 thousand sick days which could be considered unnecessary because patients occupying these beds were discharged to their homes directly from the intensive care unit. The data indicate that on the whole bed capacity is not low, only in some institutions insufficient. Thus, in order to improve emergency care in Hungary, the rearrangement of existing beds, rather than an increase of bed capacity is needed. Orv. Hetil., 2011, 152, 946–950.

scholarly journals Respiratory Modalities in Preventing Reintubation in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 2333794X2199153
Author(s):  
Ameer Al-Hadidi ◽  
Morta Lapkus ◽  
Patrick Karabon ◽  
Begum Akay ◽  
Paras Khandhar
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Mechanical Ventilation ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation ◽  
Pediatric Intensive Care ◽  
Nasal Cannula ◽  
Respiratory Support ◽  
Positive Pressure ◽  
P Value

Post-extubation respiratory failure requiring reintubation in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) results in significant morbidity. Data in the pediatric population comparing various therapeutic respiratory modalities for avoiding reintubation is lacking. Our objective was to compare therapeutic respiratory modalities following extubation from mechanical ventilation. About 491 children admitted to a single-center PICU requiring mechanical ventilation from January 2010 through December 2017 were retrospectively reviewed. Therapeutic respiratory support assisted in avoiding reintubation in the majority of patients initially extubated to room air or nasal cannula with high-flow nasal cannula (80%) or noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (100%). Patients requiring therapeutic respiratory support had longer PICU LOS (10.92 vs 6.91 days, P-value = .0357) and hospital LOS (16.43 vs 10.20 days, P-value = .0250). Therapeutic respiratory support following extubation can assist in avoiding reintubation. Those who required therapeutic respiratory support experienced a significantly longer PICU and hospital LOS. Further prospective clinical trials are warranted.

scholarly journals 375. COVID 19 infection in a Massachusetts community hospital

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S257-S258
Author(s):  
Raul Davaro ◽  
alwyn rapose
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Mechanical Ventilation ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Essential Hypertension ◽  
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ◽  
High Mortality ◽  
Case Series ◽  
World Health ◽  
Minimal Risk ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background The ongoing pandemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections has led to 105690 cases and 7647 deaths in Massachusetts as of June 16. Methods The study was conducted at Saint Vincent Hospital, an academic health medical center in Worcester, Massachusetts. The institutional review board approved this case series as minimal-risk research using data collected for routine clinical practice and waived the requirement for informed consent. All consecutive patients who were sufficiently medically ill to require hospital admission with confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection by positive result on polymerase chain reaction testing of a nasopharyngeal sample were included. Results A total of 109 consecutive patients with COVID 19 were admitted between March 15 and May 31. Sixty one percent were men, the mean age of the cohort was 67. Forty one patients (37%) were transferred from nursing homes. Twenty seven patients died (24%) and the majority of the dead patients were men (62%). Fifty one patients (46%) required admission to the medical intensive care unit and 34 necessitated mechanical ventilation, twenty two patients on mechanical ventilation died (63%). The most common co-morbidities were essential hypertension (65%), obesity (60%), diabetes (33%), chronic kidney disease (22%), morbid obesity (11%), congestive heart failure (16%) and COPD (14%). Five patients required hemodialysis. Fifty five patients received hydroxychloroquine, 24 received tocilizumab, 20 received convalescent plasma and 16 received remdesivir. COVID 19 appeared in China in late 2019 and was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. Our study showed a high mortality in patients requiring mechanical ventilation (43%) as opposed to those who did not (5.7%). Hypertension, diabetes and obesity were highly prevalent in this aging population. Our cohort was too small to explore the impact of treatment with remdesivir, tocilizumab or convalescent plasma. Conclusion In this cohort obesity, diabetes and essential hypertension are risk factors associated with high mortality. Patients admitted to the intensive care unit who need mechanical ventilation have a mortality approaching 50 %. Disclosures All Authors: No reported disclosures

scholarly journals Derivation and validation of a search algorithm to retrospectively identify mechanical ventilation initiation in the intensive care unit

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan J Smischney ◽  
Venu M Velagapudi ◽  
James A Onigkeit ◽  
Brian W Pickering ◽  
Vitaly Herasevich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Mechanical Ventilation ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Search Algorithm

scholarly journals Age, Frailty, Resuscitation and Intensive Care: With Reference to COVID-19

Geriatrics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
David G Smithard ◽  
Nadir Abdelhameed ◽  
Thwe Han ◽  
Angelo Pieris
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Mechanical Ventilation ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation ◽  
Distributive Justice ◽  
Older Age ◽  
Distribution Of Resources ◽  
Utilitarian Approach ◽  
The Individual

Discussion regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation and admission to an intensive care unit is frequently fraught in the context of older age. It is complicated by the fact that the presence of multiple comorbidities and frailty adversely impact on prognosis. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and mechanical ventilation are not appropriate for all. Who decides and how? This paper discusses the issues, biases, and potential harms involved in decision-making. The basis of decision making requires fairness in the distribution of resources/healthcare (distributive justice), yet much of the printed guidance has taken a utilitarian approach (getting the most from the resource provided). The challenge is to provide a balance between justice for the individual and population justice.

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