Report of the World Health Organization (WHO)-China Joint Mission on Coronavirus Disease 2019:– major findings about virus, outbreak, transmission dynamics, disease progression/severity, the China response and knowledge gaps;– recommendations in five major areas to inform the ongoing response in China and globally, for countries with imported cases and/or outbreaks of COVID-19, for uninfected countries, for … Read more

Characteristics of & main lessons from COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak in China: summary of a report of 72314 cases (data from Chinese CDC), with comparison of COVID-19 with SARS and MERS, and response to the novel Coronavirus epidemic. Here some of the key findings: age: 87%: 30-79 years, 1% respectively 10-19 & <10 years spectrum of … Read more

Recommendations on Extracorporeal Life Support for critically ill patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia from the Chinese Society of Extracorporeal Life Support. Along with the sharp increase in confirmed cases of novel Coronavirus infection, some of the most critically ills will require ExtraCorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) support. Based on the clinical data related to … Read more

The World Health Organization has launched a free open access course, the WHO Critical Care Training Short Course for Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI), including content on clinical management of patients with a severe acute respiratory infection, intended for clinicians working in ICUs in low and middle-income countries involved in critical care management of adult … Read more