[Intensive care unit treatment for patients suffering from COVID-19: The second wave Neuchâtel experience].

Between mid-October 2020 and mid-January 2021, during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemia, 125 patients have been admitted in the intensive care units of Neuchâtel network hospitals. To manage this flow, the bed capacity of intensive care unit increased by 240%. Each patient received corticosteroids, an increased prophylactic anticoagulation and an antibiotic.

[Intensive care unit treatment for patients suffering from COVID-19: the Neuchâtel experience].

SARS-CoV-2 appeared in Switzerland in February 2020 and reached Neuchâtel in March. During 2 months, 43 patients were admitted in the intensive care unit. 55% of ICU admitted patients received mechanical ventilation, 66% of which in prone position.