Guía de manejo de pacientes COVID19 en terapia intensiva – Hospital Pablo Arturo Suárez

On December 31, in Wuhan-China, it was reported that 27 people had been diagnosed with pneumonia of unknown cause, on January 7, 2020, Chinese scientists isolated the virus that causes the disease, a beta coronavirus that was called SARS- CoV-2. On March 11, 2020, the WHO declares COVID-19 a pandemic. In Ecuador, the first confirmed case of coronavirus was announced on February 29, and on March 13, the first death from COVID-19 was registered in the country. In Quito, the first public health hospital to receive infected patients was the Pablo Arturo Suarez Hospital. On April 1, 2020, the intensive care unit receives its first patient; For this, structural changes were made to have a center with level 3 biosecurity and a management protocol was drawn up; Therefore, it is relevant to say that in the face of a new and unknown entity, the application of knowledge in basic sciences and pathophysiology made us the only hospital that adopted the use of corticosteroids and total anticoagulation since the beginning of the pandemic, therapeutic measures in that uncertain and controversial momento.