The role of remdesivir in South Africa : preventing COVID-19 deaths through increasing intensive care unit capacity
Date
2021-05
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Abstract
Countries such as South Africa have limited intensive care unit (ICU) capacity to handle the expected number of patients with COVID-19 requiring ICU care. Remdesivir can prevent deaths in countries such as South Africa by decreasing the number of days people spend in ICU, therefore freeing up ICU bed capacity.
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CITATION: Nichols, B. E. et al. 2020. The Role of Remdesivir in South Africa: Preventing COVID-19 Deaths Through Increasing Intensive Care Unit Capacity. Clinical Infectious Diseases: 72(9), 1642–1644, doi:10.1093/cid/ciaa937
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Keywords
COVID-19 (Disease) – Treatment, Antiviral agents, Drugs -- Physiological effect
Citation
Nichols, B. E. et al. 2020. The Role of Remdesivir in South Africa: Preventing COVID-19 Deaths Through Increasing Intensive Care Unit Capacity. Clinical Infectious Diseases: 72(9), 1642–1644, doi:10.1093/cid/ciaa937