Critical care response during the COVID-19 pandemic

Wei-Chih Chen; Kuang-Yao Yang

doi:10.1016/j.jfma.2023.07.003

Critical care response during the COVID-19 pandemic

J Formos Med Assoc. 2024 Jan:123 Suppl 1:S55-S60. doi: 10.1016/j.jfma.2023.07.003. Epub 2023 Jul 14.

Authors

Wei-Chih Chen¹, Kuang-Yao Yang²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chest Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, College of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan; School of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan.
² Department of Chest Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, College of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan; School of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan; Cancer Progression Research Center, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: kyyang@vghtpe.gov.tw.

PMID: 37455193
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2023.07.003

Abstract

Since the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, millions of people worldwide have passed away due to critical illness. Intensive care for severe COVID-19 infection remains one of the most important ways to save patients' lives. In Taiwan, the government-led critical care model and COVID-19 clinical rounds, grand rounds, and chief rounds by experts; critical care guidelines established by the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control and major professional societies; consensus and management recommendations among medical institutes; and research works in the field of critical care constitute the concrete basis of intensive care. This review article briefly summarizes the current achievements of critical care for COVID-19 in Taiwan and recommendations on future directions.

Keywords: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); Critical care; Intensive care unit (ICU); Taiwan.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Critical Care
Critical Illness / therapy
Humans
Intensive Care Units
Pandemics / prevention & control
SARS-CoV-2
Taiwan / epidemiology