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Owing to the rapid spread of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), an extraordinary situation has been declared , and acute hospitals will therefore be confronted with a massive influx of patients. Initially, this can be absorbed by the restriction of elective procedures , the transfer of patients to intermediate care units (IMCUs), an increase in ventilator-equipped beds, and the avoidance of personnel-intensive treatment options. However, if insufficient resources are available, rationing decisions will become necessary, placing considerable burdens on medical staff. This makes it all the more important that uniform criteria for intensive-care unit (ICU) admission and continued occupancy should be applied throughout Switzerland. The present guidelines provide the necessary basis. The guidelines will be adapted by the issuing authority if experience in practice and new scientific findings so require. The latest version is available at: sams.ch/en/coronavirus.
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experts consulted: the SAMS and the SGI thank the numerous experts who commented on these guidelines and provided valuable input at extremely short notice ; approval: the guidelines have been approved by the Central Ethics Committee (CEC), the Executive Board of the SAMS and the Board of the Swiss Intensive Care Medicine Society (SGI-SSMI), they are effective from 20 March 2020 ; this document is available in English, French, German and Italian, cf. sams.ch/en/coronavirus ; the German text is the authentic version
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