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

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 plan...