Contingency plan for the intensive care services for the COVID-19 pandemic
Resumen En enero de 2020 China identifico un nuevo virus de la familia de los Coronaviridae como causante de varios casos de neumonia de origen desconocido. Inicialmente confinado a la ciudad de Wuhan, se extendio posteriormente fuera de las fronteras chinas. En Espana, el primer caso se declaro el 31 de enero de 2020. El 11 de marzo, la Organizacion Mundial de la Salud declaro el brote de coronavirus como pandemia. El 16 de marzo habia 139 paises afectados. Ante esta situacion, las Sociedades Cientificas SEMICYUC y SEEIUC han decidido la elaboracion de este plan de contingencia para dar respuesta a las necesidades que conllevara esta nueva enfermedad. Se pretende estimar la magnitud del pr…
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Contingency Plan for the Intensive Care Services for the COVID-19 pandemic
In January 2020, the Chinese authorities identified a new virus of the Coronaviridae family as the cause of several cases of pneumonia of unknown aetiology. The outbreak was initially confined to Wuhan City, but then spread outside Chinese borders. On 31 January 2020, the first case was declared in Spain. On 11 March 2020, The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. On 16 March 2020, there were 139 countries affected. In this situation, the Scientific Societies SEMICYUC and SEEIUC, have decided to draw up this Contingency Plan to guide the response of the Intensive Care Services. The objectives of this plan are to estimate the magnitude of the problem a…