Open AccessThe Strategy to Encounter Limited Capacity of Critical Care for COVID-19 Children
Author(s) -
Saptadi Yuliarto
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
pediatrics sciences journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2722-1474
pISSN - 2722-0427
DOI - 10.51559/pedscij.v1i1.9
Subject(s) - indonesian , covid-19 , christian ministry , china , medicine , intensive care , health care , population , disease , environmental health , pediatrics , demography , geography , intensive care medicine , economic growth , political science , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , outbreak , sociology , philosophy , linguistics , archaeology , law
Coronavirus disease (COVID) – 19 morbidity rates in Indonesia have exponentially increased since its first case in March 2020. To date, 15,438 (0.004%) Indonesian population have been confirmed with Covid-19. Although it is only 0.004% from all of Indonesian, the patient's enhancement is high, also, the patients who recover just only 21.3%, It would endanger the healthcare capacity in Indonesia.1
Recent data from the Indonesian Health Ministry revealed 1,065 (6.9%) confirmed COVID-19 are at young ages. Considering confirmed to suspected/ probable case ratio was 1:2.1, it is estimated that 2,236 children in Indonesia require treatment with COVID-19 protocols. According to the China data’s, the prevalence of moderate to critical illness in children was 44.5%.2 If applied in Indonesia, to date, about 995 children need intensive care treatment, which it will rise around 10-40 patients in each day