{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["39(6)"],"submitter":["Lefrant JY"],"funding":["Nîmes University Hospital"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Whereas 5415 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds were initially available, 7148 COVID-19 patients were hospitalised in the ICU at the peak of the outbreak. The present study reports how the French Health Care system created temporary ICU beds to avoid being overwhelmed.<h4>Methods</h4>All French ICUs were contacted for answering a questionnaire focusing on the available beds and health care providers before and during the outbreak.<h4>Results</h4>Among 336 institutions with ICUs before the outbreak, 315 (94%) participated, covering 5054/5531 (91%) ICU beds. During the outbreak, 4806 new ICU beds (+95% increase) were created from Acute Care Unit (ACU, 2283), Post Anaesthetic Care Unit and Operating Theatre (PACU & OT, 1522), other units (374) or real build-up of new ICU beds ("],"journal":["Anaesthesia, critical care & pain medicine"],"pagination":["709-715"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7534597"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["A national healthcare response to intensive care bed requirements during the COVID-19 outbreak in France."],"pmcid":["PMC7534597"],"pubmed_authors":["Muller L","Bruckert V","Pottecher J","Samain E","Jaber S","Dureuil B","Degryse C","Lanot P","Fischer MO","Potier H","Capdevila X","Bouaziz H","Meaudre E","Lefrant JY","Charboneau H","French ICU study investigators group","Plaud B","Ecoffey C"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"A national healthcare response to intensive care bed requirements during the COVID-19 outbreak in France.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Whereas 5415 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds were initially available, 7148 COVID-19 patients were hospitalised in the ICU at the peak of the outbreak. The present study reports how the French Health Care system created temporary ICU beds to avoid being overwhelmed.<h4>Methods</h4>All French ICUs were contacted for answering a questionnaire focusing on the available beds and health care providers before and during the outbreak.<h4>Results</h4>Among 336 institutions with ICUs before the outbreak, 315 (94%) participated, covering 5054/5531 (91%) ICU beds. During the outbreak, 4806 new ICU beds (+95% increase) were created from Acute Care Unit (ACU, 2283), Post Anaesthetic Care Unit and Operating Theatre (PACU & OT, 1522), other units (374) or real build-up of new ICU beds (","dates":{"release":"2020-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2020 Dec","modification":"2026-05-04T04:23:53.143Z","creation":"2020-10-29T15:57:05Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7534597","cross_references":{"pubmed":["33031979"],"doi":["10.1016/j.accpm.2020.09.007"]}}