The Strategy to Encounter Limited Capacity of Critical Care for COVID-19 Children

Saptadi Yuliarto (Consultant of Pediatric Emergency and Intensive Care, Division of Pediatric Emergency and Intensive Care, Department of Pediatrics, Medical Faculty, Universitas Brawijaya, Saiful Anwar Hospital, Malang.)

Pediatric Sciences Journal
Vol. 1 No. 1 (2020): (Supplementary)

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