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Accumulated Clinical Experiences from Successful Treatment of 1377 Severe and Critically Ill COVID-19 Cases

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In late December 2019, COVID-19 was firstly recognized in Wuhan, China and spread rapidly to all of the provinces of China. The West Campus of Wuhan Union Hospital, the designated hospital to admit and treat the severe and critically ill COVID-19 cases, has treated a large number of such patients with great success and obtained lots of valuable experiences based on the Chinese guideline (V7.0). To standardize and share the treatment procedures of severe and critically ill cases, Wuhan Union Hospital has established a working group and formulated an operational recommendation, including the monitoring, early warning indicators, and several treatment principles for severe and critically ill cases. The treatment experiences may provide some constructive suggestions for treating the severe and critically ill COVID-19 cases all over the world.

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We appreciate all of the doctors and nurses who share their valuable experiences and for their hard work in treating COVID-19 patients, and for those who have contributed to translating and proofreading the manuscript.

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  1. Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China

    Yong Gao, Shu Zhou, Jian-chu Zhang, Hong-bo Wang, Ya-dan Wang, Wei-ci Wang, Yu Zhang, Yang Jin, Yong Zhang, Yong Liu, Zi-hua Zhou, Ying Su, Hui-qing Li, Wei-min Xiao, Kai Huang, Ping He, Gang Li, Zhao-hui Fu, Shi Liu, Neng-xing Lin & Fan-jun Cheng

  2. Zhongda Hospital of Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China

    Hai-bo Qiu

  3. The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, 110001, China

    Zhen-ning Wang

  4. The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710004, China

    Zheng-liang Zhang

  5. Xiangya Hospital of Zhongnan University, Changsha, 410008, China

    Zhao-xin Qian

  6. The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150001, China

    Shi-huan Yu

  7. The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China

    Yi-feng Luo

  8. Beijing Friendship Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100050, China

    Zhuang Liu

  9. Beijing Anzhen Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100029, China

    Ming Jia

  10. Beijing Chaoyang Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100020, China

    Li-ming Zhang

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The work was supported by COVID-19 Emergency Scientific Research Project of Science and Technology Department, Hubei Province (No. 2020FCA041).

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Gao, Y., Qiu, Hb., Zhou, S. et al. Accumulated Clinical Experiences from Successful Treatment of 1377 Severe and Critically Ill COVID-19 Cases. CURR MED SCI 40, 597–601 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11596-020-2221-1

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Key words

  • 2019-nCoV
  • COVID-19
  • pneumonia
  • treatment
  • guidelines