Tag: infection
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
Miracle Cure: The Creation of Antibiotics and the Birth of Modern Medicine
The epic history of how antibiotics were born, saving millions of lives and creating a vast new industry known as Big Pharma. As late as the 1930s, virtually no drug intended for sickness did any good; doctors could set... 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
1 Million Ventilators Project
We need to develop a strategic reserve of 1,000,000+ emergency ventilators ASAP. These don't need to be fancy medical ventilators, they just need to work. In a pandemic, the limited existing ventilator supply and stockpile... read more
Doctors and Nurses Plead for Masks on Social Media
As supplies have dwindled, doctors and nurses have improvised ways to make their stock last. Now they're urging leaders to help. An intensive-care nurse in Illinois was told to make a single-use mask last for five days. An... read more
Characteristics and Outcomes of 21 Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients in Washington State
This study represents the first description of critically ill patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 in the US. Patients with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection (positive result by polymerase chain reaction testing of a nasopharyngeal... read more
Chinese Anesthesiologists Share Strategies for Health Care Response to COVID-19
Anesthesiologists treating patients at the forefront of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Wuhan, China, share valuable lessons for other practitioners as the wave of coronavirus infections rolls through other countries.... read more
Statement in Support of the Scientists, Public Health Professionals, and Medical Professionals of China Combatting COVID-19
We are public health scientists who have closely followed the emergence of 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and are deeply concerned about its impact on global health and wellbeing. We have watched as the scientists,... read more
Health Professionals Fight Against COVID-19 Myths and Misinformation
Misinformation about the COVID-19 travels faster than the virus and complicates the job of doctors who are treating those infected and responding to concerns of their other patients. An array of myths springing up around... read more
COVID-19: We’re Making Decisions Without Reliable Data
The current coronavirus disease, COVID-19, has been called a once-in-a-century pandemic. But it may also be a once-in-a-century evidence fiasco. At a time when everyone needs better information, from disease modelers and... read more
COVID-19: A Message From Concerned Physicians
The COVID-19 pandemic has reached a point where containment is no longer possible. The COVID-19 threat is real, and rapidly getting worse. Many of you are very nervous, some are unsure of the validity of the information you... read more
Care for Critically Ill Patients with COVID-19
Initial reports suggest that COVID-19 is associated with severe disease that requires intensive care in approximately 5% of proven infections. Given how common the disease is becoming, as in prior major severe acute respiratory... read more
Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It
The fascinating, true story of the world's deadliest disease. In 1918, the Great Flu Epidemic felled the young and healthy virtually overnight. An estimated forty million people died as the epidemic raged. Children... read more
Safe Airway Society Principles of Airway Management and Tracheal Intubation Specific to the COVID-19
Transmission of COVID-19 is primarily through droplet spread. These droplets are affected by gravity and may cause direct transmission from close contact or contribute to surface contamination (where the virus may remain... read more
Critical Care and the COVID-19 Outbreak in Italy: Early Experience and Forecast
There was an immediate sharp increase in ICU admissions from day 1 to day 14. The increase was steady and consistent. Publicly available data indicate that ICU admissions (n = 556) represented 16% of all patients (n = 3420)... read more
COVID-19 Airway Management – The Role of Simulation
Health services around the world are faced with the challenge of preparing for the impact of COVID-19 on their communities as we all prepare for a potential global pandemic. I see a great role for simulation in process... read more
Who Gets the Hospital Bed?
Today, Italy has more than 10,000 cases of the coronavirus. There are now simply too many patients for each one of them to receive adequate care. Doctors and nurses are unable to tend to everybody. They lack machines to ventilate... read more
