Iyengar Karthikeyan P, Garg Rakesh, Jain Vijay Kumar, Malhotra Nipun, Ish Pranav
Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust, Southport, UK.
Department of Onco-Anaesthesiology and Palliative Medicine, Dr BRAIRCH, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Lung India. 2021 Mar;38(Supplement):S97-S100. doi: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_663_20.
The COVID-19 pandemic has awakened the need for telemedicine and teleconsultation to continue medical care while maintaining social distancing for safety against infection. The concept of the electronic intensive care unit (e-ICU) is evolving rapidly in developed nations. e-ICU in developing countries like India not only has great potential but also has many roadblocks. This article showcases the concept, advantages, and challenges of e-ICU in India, with a glimpse of the future.
新冠疫情引发了对远程医疗和远程会诊的需求，以便在保持社交距离以防止感染的同时继续提供医疗服务。电子重症监护病房（e-ICU）的概念在发达国家正迅速发展。在印度等发展中国家，e-ICU不仅具有巨大潜力，也面临诸多障碍。本文展示了印度e-ICU的概念、优势和挑战，并对其未来进行了展望。
