Intensive Care Management of Corona Virus Disease

The COVID-19 pandemic imposed a sudden expansion of medical and ICU capability in order to deal with an unprecedented and overwhelming number of patients needing ventilatory support and intensive care. The request for new ICU beds has risen worldwide, due to the rapid spreading of the infection and was faced with structural and functional reorganization of preexisting spaces and to the creation of new facilities. The necessity to minimize in-hospital spreading of the infection and to ensure adequate management of patients were both crucial in reconsidering the logistic of preexisting and new spaces and equipment allocation.