Tag: coronavirus
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
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
Impact of Early Neuraminidase Inhibitor Treatment on Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Influenza B-related Pneumonia
The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of early (within 2 days after disease onset) neuraminidase inhibitor (NAI) administration on clinical outcomes in patients with laboratory-confirmed influenza B-related pneumonia... read more
Emergency Department Surge Capacity Strategies in the COVID-19 Pandemic
No matter where you practice emergency medicine there will be, or has been, capacity problems in the COVID-19 crisis. Even if we "flatten the COVID-19 curve" there will be a load on the systems that exceeds our capacity.... read more
Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines on the Management of Critically Ill Adults with COVID-19
The Surviving Sepsis Campaign COVID-19 panel issued several recommendations to help support healthcare workers caring for critically ill ICU patients with COVID-19. The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus... read more
Addressing Global Infectious Diseases With Dual Infectious Diseases
The discipline of infectious diseases is ever-growing, with a spectrum of practice pathways adopted by ID physicians, including sub-specialized fields of expertise in public health, hospital epidemiology, antimicrobial stewardship,... read more
How COVID-19 is Affecting Trauma Systems in Italy
Italy is the first Western nation to experience the full impact of coronavirus disease. The pandemic is stretching the country's ability to care for older adults and patients with serious underlying medical conditions. But... read more
Cancer, CVD Patients More Likely to Contract COVID-19
Patients with cancer and cardiovascular disease may have a potentially higher risk of contracting COVID-19 and a higher likelihood of experiencing adverse outcomes from the disease, according to a paper published March 20... read more
Preparing for the COVID-19 Pandemic Podcast
In the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, this episode focuses on the pandemic planning all ICUs should be doing – if they haven’t already been overwhelmed. This week a Working Group of 30 colleagues released the... read more
COVID-19: The Endgame, And How to Get There
Nobody likes talking about the COVID-19 endgame, but we need to choose one. The appropriate interventions – public health, government spending, and freedom of movement – all depend on the endgame we choose. The differences... read more
