Evaluation of knowledge and attitudes among intensive care physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey

Abstract

Coronaviruses are single-chain, positive-polarity, enveloped ribonucleic acid (RNA) viruses. Their surfaces have rod-like extensions. 1 In December 2019, it was understood that the agent causing a pneumonia epidemic in Wuhan city in China was the newly-identified severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which was then defined as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Patients in Wuhan with SARS-CoV-2 infection exhibited clinical symptoms over a broad spectrum from asymptomatic disease and mild tableau with mild upper respiratory tract infection to accompanying respiratory failure and severe viral pneumonia resulting in death. As a result, while some patients could be treated as outpatients, other patients required intensive care treatment. 2,3 Currently, there is no specific treatment with proven safety and efficacy for COVID-19. Additionally, because of the urgency of the situation and the limited scientific data, treatments are commonly being chosen based on data that only show possible efficacy, for these patients around the world. Severe COVID-19 infection initially begins with flu-like complaints and is a situation that progresses to hypoxemic respiratory failure in 7-10 days. These critical patients require intensive care and this necessity is assessed by intensive care clinicians. 4 OBJECTIVE In this study, we aimed to investigate the experience of clinicians who have been participating in treatments for COVID-19 patients within intensive care and their observations during the critical monitoring process for this patient group.

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