Mental health care for medical staff and affiliated healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

M Walton, E Murray… - European Heart Journal …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented challenge for society. Supporting the mental
health of medical staff and affiliated healthcare workers (staff) is a critical part of the public …

[HTML][HTML] Managing ICU surge during the COVID-19 crisis: rapid guidelines

S Aziz, YM Arabi, W Alhazzani, L Evans, G Citerio… - Intensive care …, 2020 - Springer
Given the rapidly changing nature of COVID-19, clinicians and policy makers require urgent
review and summary of the literature, and synthesis of evidence-based guidelines to inform …

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for COVID-19: updated 2021 guidelines from the extracorporeal life support organization

J Badulak, MV Antonini, CM Stead… - Asaio …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Disclaimer: This is an updated guideline from the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization
(ELSO) for the role of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for patients with …

Covid-19 in critically ill patients in the Seattle region—case series

PK Bhatraju, BJ Ghassemieh, M Nichols… - … England Journal of …, 2020 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Community transmission of coronavirus 2019 (Covid-19) was detected in the
state of Washington in February 2020. Methods We identified patients from nine Seattle-area …

Too many patients… a framework to guide statewide allocation of scarce mechanical ventilation during disasters

ELD Biddison, R Faden, HS Gwon, DP Mareiniss… - Chest, 2019 - Elsevier
The threat of a catastrophic public health emergency causing life-threatening illness or injury
on a massive scale has prompted extensive federal, state, and local preparedness efforts …

US clinicians' experiences and perspectives on resource limitation and patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic

CR Butler, SPY Wong, AG Wightman… - JAMA network …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Little is known about how US clinicians have responded to resource limitation
during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Objective To describe the …

[HTML][HTML] Preparing your intensive care unit for the COVID-19 pandemic: practical considerations and strategies

KJ Goh, J Wong, JCC Tien, SY Ng, S Duu Wen… - Critical Care, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has rapidly evolved into a worldwide
pandemic. Preparing intensive care units (ICU) is an integral part of any pandemic …

Coronavirus disease 2019 in critically ill children: a narrative review of the literature

JSM Ong, A Tosoni, YJ Kim, N Kissoon… - Pediatric Critical Care …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Coronavirus disease 2019 has spread around the world. In the 3 months since its
emergence, we have learned a great deal about its clinical management and its relevance …

Triage

MD Christian - Critical care clinics, 2019 - criticalcare.theclinics.com
Intensive care clinicians are often uncertain as to what triage truly means and entails in a
disaster situation. Their uncertainty likely stems from a lack of experience among clinicians …

Variation in ventilator allocation guidelines by US state during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: a systematic review

GM Piscitello, EM Kapania, WD Miller… - JAMA network …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance During the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, there may be too few ventilators
to meet medical demands. It is unknown how many US states have ventilator allocation …