Abstract

[1–3] To better standardize and guide the diagnosis and treatment of severe and critical COVID-19 patients and improve the treatment success rate, the frontline medical experts across China first identified the problems relevant to the diagnosis and treatment of severe and critical COVID-19, then defined the clinical problems using the population, interventions, comparisons, and outcomes framework to guide the literature search. Based on a comprehensive review (analysis, consolidation, and summarization) of the treatment protocols, management consensuses, and relevant literature on COVID-19 and the experience gained from the diagnosis and treatment of severe and critical COVID-19 patients during the fight against the pandemic in China, a draft of this consensus was produced. The expert consensus involves etiology, pathology, pathophysiology, clinical features, classification, diagnostic criteria, early warning, clinical monitoring and treatment, traditional Chinese medicine, rehabilitation therapy, patients transfer, protection of health care workers, and vaccine. Close monitoring and evaluation of patients with severe COVID-19 undergoing HFNC oxygen therapy and NIV are indispensable, and a light sedation protocol should probably be used for less-tolerable patients.

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Title
Expert consensus on the diagnosis and treatment of severe and critical coronavirus disease 2019
Author
Shang You 1 ; Wu, Jianfeng 2 ; Liu Jinglun 3 ; Long, Yun 4 ; Xie Jianfeng 5 ; Zhang, Dong 6 ; Hu, Bo 7 ; Zong Yuan 8 ; Liao Xuelian 9 ; Shang Xiuling 10 ; Ding Renyu 11 ; Kang, Kai 12 ; Liu, Jiao 13 ; Pan Aijun 14 ; Xu, Yonghao 15 ; Wang Changsong 16 ; Xu Qianghong 17 ; Zhang Xijing 18 ; Zhang, Jicheng 19 ; Liu, Ling 5 ; Zhang, Jiancheng 1 ; Yang, Yi 5 ; Yu Kaijiang 12 ; Guan Xiangdong 2 ; Chen, Dechang 13 ; Ni Jing

 Department of Critical Care Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, China 
 Department of Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510010, China 
 Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China 
 Department of Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Beijing 100730, China 
 Department of Critical Care Medicine, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Critical Care Medicine, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, China 
 Department of Critical Care Medicine, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130021, China 
 Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430071, China 
 Department of Critical Care Medicine, Shaanxi Provincial Hospital, Xi’an, Shannxi 710068, China 
 Department of Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China 
10  Department of Critical Care Medicine, Fujian Provincial Hospital, Fujian Provincial Center for Critical Care Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian 350001, China 
11  Department of Critical Care Medicine, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, China 
12  Department of Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, China 
13  Department of Critical Care Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China 
14  Department of Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Science and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230001, China 
15  Department of Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510120, China 
16  Department of Critical Care Medicine, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, China 
17  Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zhejiang Hospital Affiliated to Medical College of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310013, China 
18  Department of Critical Care Medicine, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shannxi 710032, China 
19  Department of Critical Care Medicine, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong 250021, China 
Pages
1913-1916
Section
Consensus Statement
Publication year
2022
Publication date
Aug 2022
Publisher
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ovid Technologies
ISSN
03666999
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2736294366
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