Critical Care
Clinical
COVID-19 and surge capacity in U.S. hospitals
Independently preparing for the surge capacity needed to face COVID-19 may be infeasible for some hospitals.
News
Is protocol-driven COVID-19 respiratory therapy doing more harm than good?
“This is a kind of disease in which you don’t have to follow the protocol – you have to follow the physiology. Unfortunately, many, many doctors...
Clinical
Which tube placement is best for a patient requiring enteral nutrition?
Early enteral nutrition is essential in hospitalized patients unable to maintain oral nutrition.
News
COVID-19: More hydroxychloroquine data from France, more questions
Dr. Benjamin Davido, an infectious disease specialist at Raymond-Poincaré Hospital in Garches, Paris, discusses the implications of new data on...
News
Top 10 must-dos in ICU in COVID-19 include prone ventilation
One expert involved in the development of the first international guidelines on the management of critically ill patients with COVID-19 highlights...
Video
Critical care and COVID-19: Dr. Matt Aldrich
Matt Aldrich, MD, medical director of critical care at UCSF Health in San Francisco, speaks about critical care issues in COVID-19.
News
At U.S. Ground Zero for coronavirus, a hospital is transformed
Hospitalists at EvergreenHealth in Kirkland, Wash., benefited from an early connection with Chinese peers.
Audio
Lessons from Seattle: Prepping a critical care system for COVID-19
From communicating with staff to managing patients with comorbidities, here’s how a major Seattle medical center is preparing.
News
COVID-19 critical care guideline offers support for frontline clinicians
The target users of this guideline are frontline clinicians, allied health professionals, and policy makers involved in the care of patients with...
News
Here’s what ICUs are putting up against COVID-19
Society of Critical Care Medicine takes inventory of the nation’s resources.