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General

International Guidelines

  1. Lamontagne. A living WHO guideline on drugs to prevent covid-19. BMJ 2021;372:n526
  2. Chalmers. Management of hospitalised adults with coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19): A European Respiratory Society living guideline. Eur Respir J 2021;epublished March 10th
  3. Shetty. Pragmatic Recommendations for Therapeutics of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2020;epublished December 29th
  4. Updated guidance on the management of COVID-19: from an American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society coordinated International Task Force. European Respiratory Review 2020;29:157
  5. Caring for Critically Ill Children With Suspected or Proven Coronavirus Disease 2019 Infection: Recommendations by the Scientific Sections' Collaborative of the European Society of Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2020;epublished September 29th

National Guidelines

  1. Update of the recommendations of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Cuidados Intensivos and the Infection and Sepsis Group for the approach to COVID-19 in Intensive Care Medicine. Rev Bras Ter Intensiva 2021;33(4):487-536
  2. The Saudi Critical Care Society practice guidelines on the management of COVID-19 in the ICU: Therapy section. J Infect Public Health 2021;epublished October 20th
  3. Bassetti. Clinical Management of Adult Patients with COVID-19 Outside Intensive Care Units: Guidelines from the Italian Society of Anti-Infective Therapy (SITA) and the Italian Society of Pulmonology (SIP). Infect Dis Ther 2021;10:1837–1885
  4. Malin. Key summary of German national treatment guidance for hospitalized COVID-19 patients Key pharmacologic recommendations from a national German living guideline using an Evidence to Decision Framework (last updated 17.05.2021). Infection 2021;epublished July 6th
  5. Intensive Care Society. Clinical guide for the management of critical care for adults with COVID-19 during the Coronavirus pandemic. ICS 2020;epublished October 28th
  6. Köstenberger. SARS-CoV-2: recommendations for treatment in intensive care medicine. Wien Klin Wochenschr 2020;epublished September 18th

Other Groups

  1. Shang. Expert consensus on the diagnosis and treatment of severe and critical coronavirus disease 2019. Chin Med J 2022;epublished September 12th

Respiratory Support

General

  1. Nasa. Expert consensus statements for the management of COVID-19-related acute respiratory failure using a Delphi method. Crit Care 2021;25:106

Non-Invasive Ventilation

  1. SIMEU position paper on non-invasive respiratory support in COVID-19 pneumonia. Intern Emerg Med 2022;epublished February 1st

ECMO

  1. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Coronavirus Disease 2019: Expert Recommendations from The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. J Chest Surg 2021;54(1):2-8

Prone Positioning

  1. Awake Proning as an Adjunctive Therapy for Refractory Hypoxemia in Non-Intubated Patients with COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Failure: Guidance from an International Group of Healthcare Workers. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2021;epublished March 11th

Airway Management

General

  1. Difficult Airway Management in Adult Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients: Statement by the Society of Airway Management. Anesth Analg 2021;133(4):876-890
  2. Foley. Difficult Airway Management in Adult COVID-19 Patients: Statement by the Society of Airway Management. Anesth Analg 2021;epublished March 12th

Tracheostomy

  1. Consensus document of the Spanish Society of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine and Coronary Units (SEMICYUC), the Spanish Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery (SEORL-CCC) and the Spanish Society of Anesthesiology and Resuscitation (SEDAR) on tracheotomy in patients with COVID-19 infection. Medicina Intensiva 2020;epublished September 6th

Venous Thromboembolism

National Guidelines

  1. Prevention of venous thromboembolism and haemostasis monitoring in patients with COVID-19: Updated proposals (April 2021): From the French working group on perioperative haemostasis (GIHP) and the French study group on thrombosis and haemostasis (GFHT), in collaboration with the French society of anaesthesia and intensive care (SFAR). Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med 2021;40(4):100919
  2. American Society of Hematology living guidelines on the use of anticoagulation for thromboprophylaxis in patients with COVID-19: May 2021 update on the use of intermediate intensity anticoagulation in critically ill patients. Blood Adv 2021;epublished September 22nd
  3. Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Position Paper from the National PERT Consortium. Chest 2020;epublished August 26th

Vaccine Related Thrombosis

  1. Diagnosis and Management of Vaccine-Related Thrombosis following AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccination: Guidance Statement from the GTH. Hamostaseologie 2021;epublished April 1st

Secondary Infections

General

  1. Sieswerda. Recommendations for antibacterial therapy in adults with COVID-19 - an evidence based guideline. Clin Microbiol Infect 2021;27(1):61-66

Aspergillosis

  1. Verweij. Taskforce report on the diagnosis and clinical management of COVID-19 associated pulmonary aspergillosis. Intensive Care Med 2021;epublished June 23rd
  2. Nunnally. The Surviving Sepsis Campaign: research priorities for the administration, epidemiology, scoring and identification of sepsis. Intensive Care Med Exp 2021;9(1):34

Mucormycosis

  1. Malhotra. Second wave of COVID-19 pandemic and the surge of mucormycosis: Lessons learnt and future preparedness: Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists (ISA National) Advisory and Position Statement. Indian J Anaesth 2021;65:427-33

General ICU Management

Sedation

  1. Donato. Consensus for the management of analgesia, sedation and delirium in adults with COVID-19-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome. Rev Bras Ter Intensiva 2021;33(1):48-67

Nutrition

  1. Chapple. Nutrition management for critically and acutely unwell hospitalised patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Australia and New Zealand. Nutr Diet 2020;77(4):426-436

Renal Replacement Therapy

  1. Raina. Kidney Replacement Therapy in COVID-19 Induced Kidney Failure and Septic Shock: A Pediatric Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy [PCRRT] Position on Emergency Preparedness With Resource Allocation. Front Pediatr 2020;8:413
  2. Clark. CSN COVID-19 Rapid Review Program: Management of Acute Kidney Injury. Can J Kidney Health Dis 2020;7:2054358120941679

Mass Casualty

General

  1. Mass Critical Care Surge Response During COVID-19: Implementation of Contingency Strategies – A Preliminary Report of Findings From the Task Force for Mass Critical Care. Chest 2022;161(2):429-447
  2. Sprung. Adult ICU Triage During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: Who Will Live and Who Will Die? Recommendations to Improve Survival. Crit Care Med 2020;48(8):1196-1202

National Guidelines

  1. Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences. Intensive care triage under exceptional resource scarcity. Swiss Med Wkly 2021;151:w30077
  2. Admission criteria and management of critical care patients in a pandemic context: position of the Ethics Commission of the French Intensive Care Society, update of April 2021. Annals of Intensive Care 2021;11:66
  3. Montgomery. Assessing whether COVID-19 patients will benefit from critical care, and an objective approach to capacity challenges during a pandemic: An Intensive Care Society clinical guideline. JICS 2020;epublished August 17th

Resuscitation Guidelines

  1. 2021 Interim Guidance to Health Care Providers for Basic and Advanced Cardiac Life Support in Adults, Children, and Neonates With Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 2021;epublished October 13th

Perioperative

General

  1. De Simone. The management of surgical patients in the emergency setting during COVID-19 pandemic: the WSES position paper. World J Emerg Surg 2021;16:14
  2. SARS-CoV-2 infection, COVID-19 and timing of elective surgery: A multidisciplinary consensus statement on behalf of the Association of Anaesthetists, the Centre for Peri-operative Care, the Federation of Surgical Specialty Associations, the Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Anaesthesia 2021;epublished March 18th
  3. Kim. Guidelines for the control and prevention of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) transmission in surgical and anesthetic settings. Korean J Anesthesiol 2020;73(4):271-274

Thoracic Anaesthesia

  1. Thoracic Anesthesia during the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Infection Pandemic: 2021 Updated Recommendations for Airway Management by the EACTAIC Thoracic Subspecialty Committee. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2021;epublished July 26th

Paediatric Anaesthesia

  1. Niño. Guidelines: Anaesthesia in the context of COVID-19 pandemic. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med 2020epublished September 28th

Imaging

National Guidelines

  1. Akl. Use of Chest Imaging in the Diagnosis and Management of COVID-19: A WHO Rapid Advice Guide. Radiology 2021;298(2):E63-E69

Lung Ultrasound

  1. Italian Society of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Resuscitation, and Intensive Care expert consensus statement on the use of lung ultrasound in critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (ITACO). J Anesth Analg Crit Care 2021;1:16
  2. European Society of Radiology. The role of lung ultrasound in COVID-19 disease. Insights Imaging 2021;12(1):81

Miscellaneous

Cytokine Storm

  1. Bhaskar. Cytokine Storm in COVID-19-Immunopathological Mechanisms, Clinical Considerations, and Therapeutic Approaches: The REPROGRAM Consortium Position Paper. Front Immunol 2020;11:1648

Conducting Research

  1. Walkey. Guiding Principles for the Conduct of Observational Critical Care Research for Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemics and Beyond. The Society of Critical Care Medicine Discovery Viral Infection and Respiratory Illness Universal Study Registry. Crit Care Med 2020;epublished September 15th
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