Characteristics of Hospitalized Adults With COVID-19 in an Integrated Health Care System in California
We report hospitalization and ICU admissions from Kaiser Permanente Northern California (KPNC), a regional integrated health care system serving 4.4 million members, constituting 30% of the area’s insured population.
Effect of High vs Low Doses of Chloroquine Diphosphate as Adjunctive Therapy for Patients Hospitalized With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection A Randomized Clinical Trial
The preliminary findings of this study suggest that the higher CQ dosage should not be recommended for critically ill patients with COVID-19 because of its potential safety hazards, especially when taken concurrently with azithromycin and oseltamivir. These findings cannot be extrapolated to patients with nonsevere COVID-19.
Presenting Characteristics, Comorbidities, and Outcomes Among 5700 Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 in the New York City Area
This case series provides characteristics and early outcomes of sequentially hospitalized patients with confirmed COVID-19 in the New York City area.
COVID-19 and Thrombotic or Thromboembolic Disease: Implications for Prevention, Antithrombotic Therapy, and Follow-up
Herein, we review the current understanding of the pathogenesis, epidemiology, management and outcomes of patients with COVID-19 who develop venous or arterial thrombosis, and of those with preexisting thrombotic disease who develop COVID-19, or those who need prevention or care for their thrombotic disease during the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 Respiratory Failure: Targeting Inflammation on VV-ECMO Support
We present the first successful case of VV-ECMO support to recovery of COVID-19 respiratory failure in North America.
Chinese Society of Anesthesiology Expert Consensus on Anesthetic Management of Cardiac Surgical Patients With Suspected or Confirmed Coronavirus Disease 2019
Based on the current understanding of COVID-19 and the clinical characteristics of cardiovascular surgical patients, the authors provide anesthesia management guidelines for cardiovascular surgery along with the prevention and control of COVID-19.
Adult Cardiac Surgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Tiered Patient Triage Guidance Statement
In the setting of the current novel coronavirus pandemic, this document has been generated to provide guiding statements for the adult cardiac surgeon to consider in a rapidly evolving national landscape.
Prognosis when Using Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) for Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients in China: a Retrospective Case Series
As anticipated, COVID-19 is a pandemic; all healthcare resources are stretched so that ECMO is not a therapy to be rushed to the frontline. Therefore, interim treatment guidelines of recommending ECMO for critically ill COVID-19 patients should be taken cautiously.
COVID-19 Pneumonia: ARDS or Not?
We propose the presence of two types of patients (“non-ARDS,” type 1, and ARDS, type 2) with different pathophysiology.
Medically-Necessary, Time-Sensitive Procedures: A Scoring System to Ethically and Efficiently Manage Resource Scarcity and Provider Risk During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This approach is applicable across a broad range of hospital settings (academic and community, urban and rural) in the midst of the pandemic and may be able to inform case triage as OR capacity resumes once the acute phase of the pandemic subsides.
Looking to the Future to Prepare for Covid-19’s Second Wave
Ewelina Biskup, MD, MPH, calls for robust data recording and the creation of a big data set to support analysis to improve care for the next waves.
COVID-19 Pneumonia: Different Respiratory Treatments for Different Phenotypes?
Understanding the correct pathophysiology is crucial to establishing the basis for appropriate treatment.