Critical care capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic: Global availability of intensive care beds

Peruvian Guideline to Care the Mental Health of Health Providers During COVID-19 Pandemic

Does “Flattening the Curve” Affect Critical Care Services Delivery for COVID-19? A Global Health Perspective

During this coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) global pandemic, nations are taking bold measures to mitigate the spread of Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections in order to avoid the overwhelming its critical care facilities. While these “flattening the curve” initiatives are showing signs of impeding the potential surge in COVID-19 cases, it is not known whet...

Nurse Robots: A Necessity in the Nursing Care System during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Dear Editor, The emergence of diseases due to drug resistance, genetic mutations, and transmission has made the future of infectious diseases complicated and vague. Currently, the prevalence of coronavirus, with high infectivity and significant lethality, has made infection control among nurses and patient one of the main goals of the World Health Organization [1]. At present, the prevention ...

Performance Evaluation of the Intensive Care Units in Hospitals Affiliated to Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Objective: The Intensive care unit (ICU) in hospitals is known as the bottleneck of performance control where the compliance with standards is very important; to achieve quality management goals, the provided services must comply with the predetermined requirements. Hospital performance evaluation is needed for giving feedback on the efficiency of hospitals and effectiveness of services. This s...

Health Inequalities during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Pandemics are associated with significant and destructive national and global impacts on health, economy, society, and security. COVID-19 pandemic has imposed adverse economic consequences on the whole population. This is while the elderly and those with comorbidities, the economically disadvantaged and ethnic minorities were at increased risk of viral infection. Moreover, the mortality rate an...