Critical care crisis and some recommendations during the COVID-19 epidemic in China

• DOI: 10.1007/s00134-020-05979-7
• Publication Date: 2020-03-02T16:03:02Z
• Authors: Jianfeng Xie; Zhaohui Tong; Xiangdong Guan; Bin Du; Haibo Qiu; Arthur S. Slutsky
• Keywords: 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak; Pain medicine; Pandemic; Betacoronavirus; Coronavirus Infections; Coronavirus

tion (SARI) caused by 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), began to spread from Wuhan all of China [1, 2], and indeed the world.As Feb 10, 2020, there are more than 40,000 confirmed cases > 1000 deaths in China.