COVID-19 Outbreak in France: Setup and Activities of a Mobile Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Team During the First 3 Weeks
The setup of a mobile ECMO team within an experienced ECMO center is feasible and may help in the treatment of COVID-19 patients.
Hemodynamic Monitoring Options in COVID-19
We reflect on the clinical utility of select popular hemodynamic monitoring devices and suggest that the pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) shows empirical promise as a validated tool that maximizes monitoring capabilities and minimizes expenditure of hospital resources.
Pulmonary Vascular Endothelialitis, Thrombosis, and Angiogenesis in Covid-19
In our small series, vascular angiogenesis distinguished the pulmonary pathobiology of Covid-19 from that of equally severe influenza virus infection. The universality and clinical implications of our observations require further research to define.
Thrombosis and coagulopathy in COVID-19 patients requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
The purpose of this editorial is to briefly discuss COVID19-associated procoagulant and anticoagulant states in the context of ECMO support.
Assessing the Collateral Damage of the Novel Coronavirus: A Call to Action for the Post-COVID-19 Era
This paper explores the contemporary issues impacting healthcare resources during the pandemic and makes recommendations for identifying an appropriate balance of their use to optimize patient care.
Post-Discharge Cardiac Care in the Era of Coronavirus 2019: How Should We Prepare?
The objectives of this report are to describe the current status of post-acute cardiac care in Canada and to provide suggestions regarding the steps that policymakers and health care organizations can take to achieve preparedness in this area to reduce care fragmentation in the postCOVID-19 era.
Global Effort to Collect Data on Ventilated Patients With COVID-19
They called their study ECMOCARD, short for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for novel Coronavirus Acute Respiratory Disease.
Covid-19: General Guidelines For Cardiovascular Surgeons (standard guidelines – subject to change)
Important considerations should be given to our readers regarding cardiac surgery, surgical teams, our patients, and their possible contacts.
Convalescent Plasma Transfusion for the Treatment of COVID‐19: Systematic Review
Based on the limited scientific data, CPT therapy in COVID‐19 patients appears safe, clinically effective, and reduces mortality.
COVID-19: 10 Things I Wished I’d Known Some Months Ago
This viewpoint addresses 10 points that may be of interest both the logistics, as well as actual clinical care of critically ill COVID-19 patients.
Restarting with Covid-19: Seven Key Action Items
Leaders at NewYork-Presbyterian have created a Restart Coordination Committee to develop and execute a measured approach for the way forward.
Safety for All: Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic and Cardiac Surgery: a Roadmap to ‘Phase’ 2
Health care communities need to develop a strategy to restart non-COVID medical and surgical care. To achieve this goal safely, they need to develop a ‘roadmap’.