Critical Care
News
Seniors with COVID-19 show unusual symptoms, doctors say
The age group most at risk of severe complications may not have fever, insistent cough, or shortness of breath.
News
Get triage plans in place before COVID-19 surge hits, critical care experts say
Decisions can place enormous ethical burdens on hospitals, health systems, and society, but planning for the worst may help optimize resource...
Clinical
Switching gears at high speed
Michigan Medicine’s ICU Bootcamp is for clinicians who haven’t practiced in an ICU for a while.
Practice Management
COVID-19: Managing resource crunch and ethical challenges
Allocation of health care resources should be made according to a plan, by a triage team, and not left to front-line clinicians.
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.