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VOLUME 24 , ISSUE 4 ( April, 2020 ) > List of Articles

POSITION STATEMENT

Critical Care for COVID-19 Affected Patients: Position Statement of the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine

Keywords : COVID-19, SARS-COV-2, Viral pneumonia

Citation Information : Critical Care for COVID-19 Affected Patients: Position Statement of the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine. Indian J Crit Care Med 2020; 24 (4):222-241.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23395

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Published Online: 01-04-2019

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2020; The Author(s).


Abstract

The global pandemic involving severe acute respiratory syndrome–coronavirus-2 (SARS-COV-2) has stretched the limits of science. Ever since it emerged from the Wuhan province in China, it has spread across the world and has been fatal to about 4% of the victims. This position statement of the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine represents the collective opinion of the experts chosen by the society.

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