Critical Care
- Hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia: Diagnosis, management, and prevention
Better diagnosis, management, and prevention are needed.
SARS-CoV-2 and myocardial injury: Few answers, many questionsWhat is the mechanism? Is this a distinct population? What are the treatment options?
- Management of patients with COVID-19 in the MICU
The main goals are to ensure caregiver safety and provide the highest quality care.
- Cytokines and the still-baffling clinical biology of COVID-19
The primary culprit is not certain. Is it all immune damage, or is the continued persistence of coronavirus playing a role?
- Cytokine storm and the prospects for immunotherapy with COVID-19
Despite gaping holes in our knowledge, treatment is evolving.
- COVID-19 Curbside Consults at www.CCJM.org
These are tough times. This is a wicked disease. But healthcare providers are stepping up.
- Can multiple ARDS patients be ventilated with a single ventilator?
With more patients than machines, multiplex ventilation is a reasonable last resort to prevent certain death.
- Are daily chest radiographs and arterial blood gas tests required in ICU patients on mechanical ventilation?
Although routine testing is common, it has low diagnostic yield and is unlikely to alter patient management.
- Disseminated invasive aspergillosis in an immunocompetent patient
The patient, who has COPD, will require lifelong antifungal treatment.
