Karampelias Vasileios, Spanidis Ypatios, Roussakou Elpida
Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.
Mediterranean College, Athens, Greece.
Indian J Crit Care Med. 2020 Sep;24(9):855-856. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23543.
Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) outbreak began in December 2019 in China and has spread rapidly across the world. The healthcare system of each country has been affected from this situation. Undoubtedly, during this period several ethical issues have been raised. In this commentary, we aimed to make a discussion regarding the ethical issues that could be raised in the treatment of patients in the intensive care units during the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective of this article is to contribute to the wide current discussion regarding the appropriate measures that should be taken to protect the health and ensure the safety of the staff that comes in close contact with patients who are suspected or confirmed of having COVID-19. Karampelias V, Spanidis Y, Roussakou E. Ethical Issues in Intensive Care Units during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Indian J Crit Care Med 2020;24(9):855-856.
2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）于2019年12月在中国爆发，并迅速在全球蔓延。每个国家的医疗系统都受到了这种情况的影响。毫无疑问，在此期间出现了几个伦理问题。在这篇评论中，我们旨在讨论在COVID-19大流行期间重症监护病房患者治疗中可能出现的伦理问题。本文的目的是为当前广泛讨论的关于应采取何种适当措施来保护健康并确保与疑似或确诊患有COVID-19的患者密切接触的工作人员的安全做出贡献。卡拉姆佩利亚斯V、斯帕尼迪斯Y、鲁萨库E。COVID-19大流行期间重症监护病房的伦理问题。《印度重症监护医学杂志》2020年；24（9）：855 - 856。
