Stories Category: Intensive Care
Rationing of Critical Care and Ventilators in COVID19
In many hospitals ventilators have become a scarce or non-existent resource in the face of the COVID19 pandemic. We need a ethical structure to allocate ventilators and other scarce resources. ... read more
Introduction and Dressing for COVID-19
Internal Medicine Rapid Refreshers is a series of concise information-packed videos refreshing your knowledge on key medical issues that general practitioners may encounter in their daily practice. The first episode introduces... read more
Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond
Prizewinning science journalist Sonia Shah presents a startling examination of the history of viral infections that have ravaged humanity—and how that knowledge prepares us to stop the next worldwide outbreak. Over the... read more
Plasma Transfusion Shows Promise for COVID-19 Treatment
Donor blood plasma from people who have recovered from COVID-19 appears to work as a treatment for the virus, a new analysis has revealed. In this preliminary uncontrolled case series of 5 critically ill patients with... read more
A Better Way of Connecting Multiple Patients to a Single Ventilator
This differential multi-ventilation setup yields increased safety, monitoring and control for each connected patient. In an ideal world, no one treating patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) would have... read more
Safety and Immunogenicity Study of 2019-nCoV Vaccine
Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit (VTEU) at Emory is participating in a clinical trial to test an experimental vaccine for COVID-19. The trial began March 16 at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute... read more
What We Do When a COVID-19 Patient Needs an Operation
We wish to share the protocol that we use in our hospital in preparing an operating room (OR) for confirmed or suspected COVID-19 patients coming for surgery. An OR with a negative pressure environment located at a corner... read more
CMSS Statement on Restrictions to Slow the COVID-19 Pandemic
Dear President Trump, Vice President Pence, and Ambassador Birx: Thank you for actively engaging the health care community—particularly the nation's physicians and the organizations that represent them—in addressing... read more
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Clinicians
The Association of Anaesthetists, the Royal College of Anaesthetists, the Intensive Care Society and the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine are aware of their members' significant concerns about their own health and that... read more
UC Davis Researchers Race to Develop Coronavirus Solutions
Clinical pathologists, infectious disease physicians and scientists at the UC Davis Medical Center, School of Medicine, California National Primate Research Center and Center for Immunology and Infectious Diseases are collaborating... read more
Inside a South Korean COVID-19 ICU
In a South Korean ICU, nurses wearing heavy self-contained respiratory systems work two-hour shifts. South Korea has seen a great success mitigating its large COVID-19 outbreak. South Korea has 12.3 hospital beds per... read more
What Happens If Health-Care Workers Stop Showing Up?
The United States needs its health-care workers to see it through this crisis. But there are no replacements on the shelf. They can't be built, trained, or repurposed from other jobs. Unless the country does dramatically... read more
Is Lung Ultrasound an Option for COVID-19?
Whether you are the ultrasound educational lead for your hospital/ trust, a routine user or interested novice we're sure that you will have seen lots of exciting data on twitter (using the #POCUSforCOVID hashtag), suggesting... read more
A Comparison of Albumin and Saline for Fluid Resuscitation in the ICU
In this randomized trial, we found that the use of 4 percent albumin or normal saline for intravascular volume resuscitation in a heterogeneous population of patients in the ICU resulted in equivalent rates of death from... read more
Perioperative Care of Patients with Fragility Fractures During the COVID-19 Pandemic
High quality prompt care of all people with hip and other fragility fractures is a key component of helping with patient outcomes and bed occupancy during the coronavirus pandemic. Anaesthetists have a key role in ensuring... read more
How Blood From Coronavirus Survivors Might Save Lives
Hospitals in New York City are gearing up to use the blood of people who have recovered from COVID-19 as a possible antidote for the disease. Researchers hope that the century-old approach of infusing patients with the... read more
The Perfect Predator: A Scientist’s Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug: A Memoir
A riveting memoir of one woman's extraordinary effort to save her husband's life-and the discovery of a forgotten cure that has the potential to save millions more. Epidemiologist Steffanie Strathdee and her husband, psychologist... read more
