Department of Medical Equipment Technology, College of Applied Medical Science, Majmaah University, Majmaah, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Medical Equipment Technology, College of Applied Medical Science, Majmaah University, Majmaah, Saudi Arabia,
Blood Purif. 2021;50(2):141-149. doi: 10.1159/000508278. Epub 2020 May 28.
The real issue with the COVID-19 pandemic is that a rapidly increasing number of patients with life-threatening complications are admitted in hospitals and are not well-administered. Although a limited number of patients use the intensive care unit (ICU), they consume medical resources, safety equipment, and enormous equipment with little possibility of rapid recovery and ICU discharge. This work reviews effective methods of using filtration devices in treatment to reduce the level of various inflammatory mediators and discharge patients from the ICU faster. Extracorporeal technologies have been reviewed as a medical approach to absorb cytokines. Although these devices do not kill or remove the virus, they are a promising solution for treating patients and their faster removal from the ICU, thus relieving the bottleneck.
COVID-19 大流行的真正问题是，越来越多患有危及生命并发症的患者被送往医院，但医院管理不善。尽管只有少数患者使用重症监护病房（ICU），但他们消耗了医疗资源、安全设备和大量设备，而且几乎不可能迅速康复并离开 ICU。这项工作综述了使用过滤设备进行治疗的有效方法，以降低各种炎症介质的水平，并更快地将患者从 ICU 中出院。体外技术已被视为一种吸收细胞因子的医疗方法。尽管这些设备不能杀死或清除病毒，但它们是治疗患者的有前途的解决方案，并且可以更快地将他们从 ICU 中移除，从而缓解瓶颈问题。
