Optimizing Supportive Care in COVID-19 Patients : A Multidisciplinary Approach

© 2020 Abu Haleeqa et al..

Within just a few months, SARS-CoV-2 has evolved from a virtually unknown pathogen to a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. As COVID-19 infection can affect multiple organ systems, treating many manifestations and complications requires clinical expertise across the healthcare professional spectrum. Therefore, interprofessional and multidisciplinary collaboration should form the cornerstone of every hospital's COVID-19 management approach. In this manuscript, we discuss the non-microbial management strategies for our COVID-19 inpatient population. Specifically, through an inter-professional and collaborative approach to care delivery, we provide rationale and guidance on prone positioning, oxygen strategies, early mobilization, identifying and treating co-infections, anticoagulation and ensuring appropriate psychological support for patients and their families. It is our hope that these recommendations help supporting clinician management decisions to best care for hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the region and worldwide.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare - 13(2020) vom: 15., Seite 877-880

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Abu Haleeqa, Mohamed [VerfasserIn]
Alshamsi, Iman [VerfasserIn]
Al Habib, Ammar [VerfasserIn]
Noshi, Mohamed [VerfasserIn]
Abdullah, Shazia [VerfasserIn]
Kamour, Ashraf [VerfasserIn]
Ibrahim, Halah [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anticoagulation
COVID-19
Interprofessional collaboration
Journal Article
Prone positioning
Supportive care
Ventilation

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Date Revised 28.09.2020

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.2147/JMDH.S264168

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM315153547