… care for all patients [25,26,27]. Triaging protocols should not disadvantage patients without
COVID-19 who need ICU care. … the most lives’ and prioritising care based on the likelihood of …

… (COVID-19), emerged as a public health threat in December … Indeed, patients with
COVID-19 are at accelerated risk for … in the intensive care unit (ICU). The main focus during the …

… key categories of challenges in post-ICU care of COVID-19 survivors. These categories were
… up to January 2021 on post-ICU and post COVID-19 care; the search strategy focused on …

… ICU mortality among confirmed COVID-19 patients was 39%. However, because national data
presented in this study included ICU patients with and without COVID-19, … ICU care shifted …

… ICU care may not be admitted because of capacity strain and … We compared the COVID-19
ICU population to a relevant … factors of severe COVID-19 defined by ICU admission and death…

… care response to the COVID-19 pandemic and to consider the future of critical care in the
post-COVID-19 … reconfiguration or expansion of ICU capacity due to COVID-19 is available [22]. …

… Our dedicated ICU COVID-19 … ICU care and follow-up of COVID-19 patients may allow
identification of the most favourable management strategies of patients with severe COVID-19 in …

… for ICU beds for non-COVID-19 emergencies [4]. To respond to the growing shortages of
ICU … Second, accessibility to ICU care, a challenge in many countries with (partially) private …

… mortality as our primary outcome measure as a useful metric of the efficacy of ICU care.
In this rapidly-evolving pandemic, many studies have reported incomplete data, where …

… 5700 patients with COVID-19 were in German ICUs at the end of December 2020, the
profound decrease in ICU admissions was a key factor in avoiding unmanageable ICU shortages. …