Abstract:
Background: The novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory
syndrome-CoV-2 (SARS-CoV2)- causing coronavirus disease 19
(COVID-19), outbreak as a world health problem and was declared
as a pandemic disease by the world health organization (WHO) in
March 2020. Many serious findings have been observed among
victims with sever acute respiratory syndrome-CoV-2.
Methods: This review was conducted according to the Preferred
Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
(PRISMA) protocol. Search engines like PubMed and PMC
through HINARI, Cochrane database, Google Scholar were used to
get information about the current evidences on management of
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in intensive care unit (ICU).
Discussion: Mortality with COVID 19 is associated with geriatric
population, the presence comorbidities like hypertension, diabetes
mellitus, cardiovascular disease, chronic lung disease, and cancer,
acute respiratory failure, higher d-dimer and C-reactive protein
concentrations, lower lymphocyte counts, and secondary
infections.
Conclusion: The international recommendations on nutrition in
the ICU should be followed. Some specific issues about the nutrition
of the COVID-19 patients in the ICU should be emphasized.
Universal infection prevention precautions (hand hygiene and use
