Care for Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19

Abstract

This JAMA Insights article reviews care for the most severely ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), including standards of management of ARDS, preventing SARS-CoV-2 spread in health care settings, and surge preparation.

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MedicineCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Critically illARDSIntensive care medicine2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)PandemicBetacoronavirusCoronavirusMEDLINECoronavirus InfectionsMedical emergencyDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)VirologyOutbreakInternal medicineLung

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Year: 2020
Type: article
Volume: 323
Issue: 15
Pages: 1499-1499
Citations: 810
Access: Closed

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                                    Srinivas Murthy, 
                                
                                    Charles D. Gomersall, 
                                
                                    Robert Fowler
                                
                            (2020). 
                            Care for Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19. 
                            JAMA
                            , 323
                            (15)
                            , 1499-1499.
                            https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.3633

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DOI: 10.1001/jama.2020.3633