key: cord-255269-rx68247n
authors: Medeiros, Eduardo Alexandrino Servolo
title: CHALLENGES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS
date: 2020-04-22
journal: Rev Paul Pediatr
DOI: 10.1590/1984-0462/2020/38/2020086
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doc_id: 255269
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calendars, including schools of Medicine, with revision of college admission exams and evaluations of medical residency, will have a significant impact.

The main challenges for hospitals, especially university hospitals, are: reorganize the care provided, increase the number of intensive care unit beds, guarantee the availability of personal protective equipment, particularly protection masks and gowns, which are in short supply, and have enough tests for diagnosis. Many health professionals are getting sick and having to stay out of work, which can lead to the collapse of hospital care, as seen in countries such as Italy and Spain. Research support is essential in the search for effective medications -in the clinical protocol phase at the moment -and a vaccine, which will probably be available only in 2021, after this pandemic is over.

As health professionals, we must prepare for the worse in the coming weeks, protect ourselves, have hope, and be on the front line, contributing to this critical and historic fight against this novel coronavirus.

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The authors declare no conflict of interests.

This study did not receive funding.