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Important role of emergency department doctors after the outbreak of COVID-19 in China
  1. Xiao Lu,
  2. Shanxiang Xu
  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
  1. Correspondence to Dr Xiao Lu, Department of Emergency Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, HangZhou 310011, China; jill44840{at}zju.edu.cn

https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2020-209633

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    Dear Editor,

    Up to 20:40 14 April 2020, there have been 50 008 diagnosed COVID-19 cases in Wuhan. Among them, 2579 patients died. The number of COVID-19 cases in Wuhan increased from 4100 to 49 122 during February and became stable in March, and about 20% of them required intensive care unit (ICU) admission. More than 10 hospitals were newly built after February 2020 for admission of all the patients. Unfortunately, there was a shortage of ICU beds and medical staff in Wuhan, due to the large number of patients to be covered for ICU care. Accordingly, many of the general wards were quickly transformed to ICUs. Over 30 000 medical staff including about 3000 physicians and nurses of ED from different cities …

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    • Contributors All authors were major contributors in writing the manuscript and approved the final manuscript.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

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