[Bed capacity management in times of the COVID-19 pandemic : A simulation-based prognosis of normal and intensive care beds using the descriptive data of the University Hospital Augsburg].

CONCLUSION: Our simulation-based prognosis of the health care capacities needed helps the management of the hospital and the civil protection service to make reasonable decisions and adapt the disaster response to the realistic needs. At the same time the forecasts create the possibility to plan the strategic response days and weeks in advance. The tool presented in this study is, as far as we know, the only one accounting not only for confirmed COVID-19 cases but also for suspected COVID-19 patients. Additionally, the few input parameters used are easy to access and can be easily adapted to other healthcare systems.
PMID: 32821955 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Der Anaesthesist - August 20, 2020 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Römmele C, Neidel T, Heins J, Heider S, Otten V, Ebigbo A, Weber T, Müller M, Spring O, Braun G, Wittmann M, Schoenfelder J, Heller AR, Messmann H, Brunner JO Tags: Anaesthesist Source Type: research