Patient Blood Management (PBM): Practices & Challenges (EP Video)

Characteristics, Treatment, Outcomes and Cause of Death of Invasively Ventilated Patients with COVID-19 ARDS in Milan, Italy

Despite multiple advanced critical care interventions, COVID-19 ARDS was associated with prolonged ventilation and high short term mortality. Older age and pre-admission hypertension were key mortality risk factors.

Cardiothoracic Surgery During COVID-19: Our Experience with Different Strategies

All asymptomatic patients should be tested for COVID-19 using RT-PCR prior to cardio-thoracic surgeries not only to contain the disease but to avoid potential implications of COVID-19 on the perioperative course, without added financial implications.