Clinical Care of COVID-19 Patients in a Front-line ICU

• Main Authors: Robert A. Raschke, Tyler J. Glenn, Kim I. Josen
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Arizona Thoracic Society 2021-01-01
• Series: Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care
• Subjects: covid-19; sars-cov2; pneumonia; treatment; clinical care; diagnosis; coagulopathy; mechanical ventilation; prone; complications
• Online Access: https://www.swjpcc.com/editorials/2021/1/4/clinical-care-of-covid-19-patients-in-a-front-line-icu.html
• ISSN: 2160-6773

No abstract available. Article truncated after 150 words. These are some clinical observations made after over the past 10 months, working in a busy COVID-19 ICU unit in Scottsdale, AZ. The opinions expressed here are those of the private practice authors. Overview of triage and rounding on large numbers of COVID-19 patients in the ICU service. Our approach to bedside care of our ICU service has required abbreviation for the sake of efficiency in the face of more than a doubling of our census. Our approach to rounding is opinion-based. We’ve been forced to cut corners where we can in order to survive. Our hospital uses the Abbott ID-Now® rapid point-of -are test for screening all COVID-19-asymptomatic patients admitted to our hospital, but due to its low sensitivity in hospitalized patients (1). We do not trust it to rule-out COVID-19 in patients with pneumonia being admitted to the ICU and also order an in-house PCR for such patients …