Care for Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19
Srinivas Murthy, MD, CM, MHSc1; Charles D. Gomersall, MBBS2; Robert A. Fowler, MD, CM, MSc3
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JAMA. Published online March 11, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.3633
Initial reports suggest that COVID-19 is associated with severe disease that requires intensive care in approximately 5% of proven infections.1 Given how common the disease is becoming, as in prior major severe acute respiratory infection outbreaks—SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome), MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome), avian influenza A(H7N9), and influenza A(H1N1)pdm09—critical care will be an integral component of the global response to this emerging infection.