The first wave of COVID-19 in Intensive care

• Published in: Revue médicale de Liège Vol. 75; no. S1; p. 18
• Main Authors: Marchetta, S, Lambermont, B, Massion, P, Rousseau, A F, Layios, N, Robinet, S, Canivet, J L, Kisoka, G, Ledoux, D, Morimont, P, Piret, S, Wiesen, P, Misset, B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: French
• Published: Belgium 2020
• Subjects: Betacoronavirus; Coronavirus Infections; COVID-19; Critical Care; Humans; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral; SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; Intensive care; Complications; Invasive ventilation; Drug therapy; ARDS; Multiorgan failure
• ISSN: 0370-629X

In December 2019, in Wuhan, a new human infectious pathology was born, COVID-19, consisting above all in pneumoniae, induced by the coronavirus named SARS-CoV-2 because of the respiratory distress it caused (SARS for severe acute respiratory syndrome, and CoV for Coronavirus). A real health and planetary crisis has appeared, much more substantial than that linked to SARS-CoV-1 in 2002-2004 and to MERS-CoV (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus) in 2012. In addition to respiratory damage that can be dramatic, this pathology is complicated by the frequency of cardiovascular, renal and coagulation diseases. Health care systems have had to adapt urgently, in the absence of hindsight from the pathology, and without effective therapeutic weapons. Through this review of the literature, we detail our local practices for the overall management of patients hospitalized in Intensive care.