Ten things you need to know about intensive care unit management of mechanically ventilated patients with COVID-19

Introduction: The ongoing pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has posed important challenges for clinicians and health-care systems worldwide.Areas covered: The aim of this manuscript is to provide brief guidance for intensive care unit management of mechanically ventilated patients with COVID-19 based on the literature and our direct experience with this population. PubMed, EBSCO, and the Cochrane Library were searched up until 15th of January 2021 for relevant literature.Expert opinion: Initially, the respiratory management of COVID-19 relied on the general therapeutic principles for acute respiratory distress syndrome; however, recent findings have suggested that the pathophysiology of hypoxemia in patients with COVID-19 presents specific features and changes over time. Several therapies, including antiviral and anti-inflammatory agents, have been proposed recently. The optimal intensive care unit management of patients with COVID-19 remains unclear; therefore, ongoing and future clinical trials are warranted to clarify the optimal strategies to adopt in this cohort of patients.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

Expert review of respiratory medicine - 15(2021), 10 vom: 26. Okt., Seite 1293-1302

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Robba, Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Battaglini, Denise [VerfasserIn]
Ball, Lorenzo [VerfasserIn]
Pelosi, Paolo [VerfasserIn]
Rocco, Patricia R M [VerfasserIn]

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Antibiotic therapy
Anticoagulation
Corticosteroids
Journal Article
Mechanical ventilation
Review
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2

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Date Completed 23.09.2021

Date Revised 11.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/17476348.2021.1906226

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NLM322914361