TY - JOUR
T1 - Acquiring ventilators
T2 - Fighter planes without high-octane fuel and pilots: Indian perspective in COVID era
AU - Aggarwal, Richa
AU - Trikha, Anjan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2020.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - During this coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, all the countries are emphasizing on procurement of more and more sophisticated machineries for the intensive care unit (ICU) like ventilators. But do all countries have to follow the same? The requirements are different for low-and middle-income countries like India, which are resource limited. The ventilators require oxygen supply and manpower to function which are deficient in these countries. These countries might do well only by procurement of oxygen delivery machinery, as most of the patients of COVID require oxygen only. Only approx. 5% of COVID-19 patients require ventilators. Moreover, the patients on ventilators have high mortality. Thus, low-resource countries need to redefine their priority as to how to utilize their resources. This manuscript emphasizes the need for the same.
AB - During this coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, all the countries are emphasizing on procurement of more and more sophisticated machineries for the intensive care unit (ICU) like ventilators. But do all countries have to follow the same? The requirements are different for low-and middle-income countries like India, which are resource limited. The ventilators require oxygen supply and manpower to function which are deficient in these countries. These countries might do well only by procurement of oxygen delivery machinery, as most of the patients of COVID require oxygen only. Only approx. 5% of COVID-19 patients require ventilators. Moreover, the patients on ventilators have high mortality. Thus, low-resource countries need to redefine their priority as to how to utilize their resources. This manuscript emphasizes the need for the same.
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U2 - 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23525
DO - 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23525
M3 - Letter
AN - SCOPUS:85111785544
SN - 0972-5229
VL - 24
SP - 735
EP - 736
JO - Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine
JF - Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine
IS - 8
ER -