SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load in Clinical Samples from Critically Ill Patients
Yongbo Huang, Sibei Chen, Zifeng Yang, Wenda Guan, Dongdong Liu, Zhimin Lin, Yu Zhang, Zhiheng Xu, Xiaoqing Liu, Yimin Li
Abstract
We are in unprecedented times, and healthcare teams may face tremendously difficult decisions related to rationing ventilators and offering intensive care.As states and institutions consider revising existing triage plans or formulating new ones, decision-makers should be careful to avoid language that excludes patients from receiving care because of an underlying condition without carefully considering the prognosis for those individuals.It is vitally important that crisis standards of care factor in accurate, disease-specific prognostic information as patients are triaged.
Topics & Concepts
TriageMedicineCritically illRationingIntensive careIntensive care medicineCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Medical emergencyHealth careDiseasePandemic2019-20 coronavirus outbreakInfectious disease (medical specialty)PathologyEconomicsEconomic growthOutbreakDisaster Response and ManagementCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesCOVID-19 epidemiological studies