Intensive care back up for infectious disease disasters

BACKGROUND: Outbreaks of infectious diseases pose particular challenges for hospitals and intensive care units.

OBJECTIVES: Typical infectiological scenarios and their significance for modern intensive care medicine are presented.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Selected pathogens/infectious diseases that have significantly strained the resources of intensive care units are described.

RESULTS: Intensive medical care is necessary in severe cases of many infectious diseases. In the context of epidemics/pandemics, many critically ill patients have to be admitted within a short time. Examples are the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, the 2011 enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) outbreak in northern Germany, the 2014/2015 Ebola fever outbreak and the 2020 coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic. Multidisciplinary teams, protocol development, adequate staffing, and training are required to achieve optimal treatment outcomes, including prevention of healthcare worker infections.

CONCLUSIONS: Pandemics and epidemics are unique challenges for intensive care unit preparedness planning.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:115

Enthalten in:

Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin - 115(2020), 8 vom: 10. Nov., Seite 641-648

Sprache:

Deutsch

Weiterer Titel:

Intensivmedizinisches Back-up bei infektiologischen Katastrophen

Beteiligte Personen:

Wichmann, D [VerfasserIn]
Matthews, H [VerfasserIn]
Nentwich, M F [VerfasserIn]
Schmiedel, S [VerfasserIn]
Kluge, S [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Coronavirus
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
Human influenza
Journal Article
Pandemics
Personal protection equipment
Review

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Date Completed 05.11.2020

Date Revised 19.04.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00063-020-00743-7

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM316073849