Critically ill patients with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection

Hasan M Al-Dorzi; Sami Alsolamy; Yaseen M Arabi

doi:10.1186/s13054-016-1234-4

Critically ill patients with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection

Crit Care. 2016 Mar 16:20:65. doi: 10.1186/s13054-016-1234-4.

Authors

Hasan M Al-Dorzi^{1

2}, Sami Alsolamy^{2

3}, Yaseen M Arabi^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS), Intensive Care Department, 11426, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
² King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
³ King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS), Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care Departments, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁴ King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS), Intensive Care Department, 11426, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. arabi@ngha.med.sa.
⁵ King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. arabi@ngha.med.sa.

Abstract

This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency medicine 2016. Other selected articles can be found online at http://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/annualupdate2016. Further information about the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine is available from http://www.springer.com/series/8901.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Coronavirus Infections / drug therapy
Coronavirus Infections / physiopathology*
Critical Illness / therapy*
Emergency Medicine / methods
Humans
Intensive Care Units
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus / pathogenicity*
Respiratory Insufficiency / diagnosis*
Respiratory Insufficiency / etiology
Respiratory Insufficiency / physiopathology