Will the Colombian intensive care units collapse due to the COVID-19 pandemic?

Diego Andres Díaz-Guio; Wilmer E Villamil-Gómez; Luis Dajud; Carlos E Pérez-Díaz; D Katterine Bonilla-Aldana; Alvaro Mondragon-Cardona; Jaime A Cardona-Ospina; José F Gómez; Alfonso J Rodríguez-Morales

doi:10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101746

Will the Colombian intensive care units collapse due to the COVID-19 pandemic?

Travel Med Infect Dis. 2020 Nov-Dec:38:101746. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101746. Epub 2020 May 16.

Authors

Diego Andres Díaz-Guio^{1

2}, Wilmer E Villamil-Gómez^{3

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6}, Luis Dajud⁷, Carlos E Pérez-Díaz^{8

9}, D Katterine Bonilla-Aldana^{5

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14}, Jaime A Cardona-Ospina^{5

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18}, José F Gómez¹⁹, Alfonso J Rodríguez-Morales^{5

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Affiliations

¹ Vital Care Centro de Simulación Clínica, Armenia, Quindio, Colombia.
² Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Alexander von Humboldt, Armenia, Quindio, Colombia.
³ Infectious Diseases and Infection Control Research Group, Hospital Universitario de Sincelejo, Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia.
⁴ Programa del Doctorado de Medicina Tropical, SUE Caribe, Universidad del Atlántico, Barranquilla, Colombia.
⁵ Comittee on Tropical Medicine, Zoonoses and Travel Medicina, Asociación Colombiana de Infectología, Bogotá, DC, Colombia.
⁶ Latin American Network of Coronavirus Disease 2019-COVID-19 Research (LANCOVID-19), Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia.
⁷ IPS CardioDajud, Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia.
⁸ Clinica Marly, Bogotá, DC, Colombia.
⁹ Hospital de La Samaritana, DC, Colombia.
¹⁰ Incubator in Zoonosis (SIZOO), Biodiversity and Ecosystem Conservation Research Group (BIOECOS), Fundación Universitaria Autónoma de las Américas, Sede Pereira, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia.
¹¹ Public Health and Infection Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia.
¹² Fundación Universitaria Navarra, Neiva, Huila, Colombia.
¹³ Universidad Surcolombiana, Neiva, Huila, Colombia.
¹⁴ Internal Medicine Department and Intensive Care Unit, Clinica EMCOSALUD - Clinica Uros, Neiva, Huila, Colombia.
¹⁵ Grupo de Investigación Biomedicina, Faculty of Medicine, Fundación Universitaria Autónoma de las Américas, Sede Pereira, Pereira, Colombia.
¹⁶ Grupo de Investigación Infección e Inmunidad, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia.
¹⁷ Semillero de Investigación en Infecciones Emergentes y Medicina Tropical, Faculty of Medicine, Fundación Universitaria Autónoma de las Américas, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia.
¹⁸ Emerging Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Group, Instituto para la Investigación en Ciencias Biomédicas - Sci-Help, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia.
¹⁹ Intensive Care and Critical Medicine Postgraduate, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Colombia; Critical care; Intensive care units; SARS-CoV-2.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / epidemiology*
COVID-19 / prevention & control
COVID-19 / therapy
Colombia / epidemiology
Critical Care
Delivery of Health Care / legislation & jurisprudence
Humans
Intensive Care Units / supply & distribution*
SARS-CoV-2