Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients With Frailty Admitted to ICU With Coronavirus Disease 2019: An Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis

From Critical Care Explorations The authors evaluated the characteristics and outcomes across the range of frailty in patients admitted to ICU with coronavirus disease 2019.

Functionality of Scarce Healthcare Resource Triage Teams During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multi-Institutional Simulation Study

From Critical Care Explorations The authors conducted eleven team triage simulations from December 2020 through February 2021. 

Serial Thromboelastography and the Development of Venous Thromboembolism in Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19

From Critical Care Explorations The authors test the hypothesis that relatively lower clot strength on thromboelastography maximum amplitude (MA) is associated with development of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in critically ill patients with COVID-19.

Brief Report: Rapid Clinical Recovery From Critical Coronavirus Disease 2019 With Respiratory Failure in a Pregnant Patient Treated With IV Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide

From Critical Care Explorations The authors report successful treatment in such a patient who is ineligible for phase 3 trials of Aviptadil.

Association Between Pandemic Coronavirus Disease 2019 Public Health Measures and Reduction in Critical Care Utilization Across ICUs in Alberta, Canada

From Critical Care Medicine The authors describe the impact of lockdown measures on the utilization of critical care services and patient outcomes compared with nonlockdown epochs in a large integrated health region.

Right Ventricular Dysfunction and Its Association With Mortality in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Do Not Focus on Not Reliable Markers!

From Critical Care Medicine In this Letter to the Editor, the authors read the study by Chotalia et al. 

Coronavirus Disease 2019 Temperature Trajectories Correlate With Hyperinflammatory and Hypercoagulable Subphenotypes

From Critical Care Medicine The authors determined the association between temperature trajectories and distinct manifestations of coronavirus disease 2019.

Palliative Care During the Pandemic (Podcast)

Top officials for the American Hospital Association and the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) convened virtually for a fireside chat to discuss the impact and importance of palliative care practices during the pandemic and share stories from experts in the field. 

FDA Resource: Fact Sheet for Healthcare Providers: Emergency Use Authorization for Bebtelovimab

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the emergency use of bebtelovimab for the treatment of mild-to-moderate coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in adults and pediatric patients (12 years of age and older weighing at l...

Center to Advance Palliative Care: Online Clinical Training Courses For All Clinicians

All specialties and disciplines can strengthen their care of patients living with a serious illness. For CAPC members, CAPC’s online training curriculum provides free continuing education credits for physicians, nurses, social workers, and case managers at member organizations...

Center to Advance Palliative Care: COVID-19 Response Hub

Whether your organization is in the middle of a COVID-19 surge or planning forward, Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) has tools, technical assistance, clinical training, and convening opportunities to help. 

Center to Advance Palliative Care: CAPC Toolkits

Drawn from best practices, CAPC toolkits are curated, proven resources for improving the care of people living with serious illness. Toolkits include technical assistance and tools for palliative care teams; serious illness strategies for health systems, health plans, and ACOs...

American Thoracic Society: Elevator Pitch: COVID-19 ARDS Subphenotypes (Podcast)

In this "Breathe Easy Elevator Pitch" podcast, Dr. Siva Bhavani interviews Dr. David Furfaro, and they discuss the study "Latent Class Analysis Reveals COVID-19-related ARDS Subgroups", recently published in the Blue Journal.

Caring for Pregnant Patients with COVID-19

During this webinar, experts will address questions related to caring for mechanically ventilated pregnant patients with COVID-19. Review the safety of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in pregnancy, drug safety for critically ill patients with COVID-19, vaccination strategi...

COVID-19 Infection Control and PPE Update

Revisit isolation precautions, engineering controls, and aerosol-generating procedures, and review personal protective equipment updates, including the evolution of masking recommendations.

Prevalence of Select New Symptoms and Conditions Among Persons Aged Younger Than 20 Years and 20 Years or Older at 31 to 150 Days After Testing Positive or Negative for SARS-CoV-2

Understanding the frequency with which new symptoms and conditions emerge in the months following SARS-CoV-2 infection is important to inform patients’ expectations for recovery and allow health care professionals and health systems to address patients’ needs. Shortness of bre...

Long-Term Cardiovascular Outcomes of COVID-19

The cardiovascular complications of acute coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are well described, but the post-acute cardiovascular manifestations of COVID-19 have not yet been comprehensively characterized. Here we used national healthcare databases from the US Department of ...

Get The Facts: COVID-19, Myocarditis, and Vaccines (Infographic)

Myocarditis is inflammation of the heart muscle. This can happen after viral infections like COVID-19 and, very rarely, after receiving mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. Most people with myocarditis following vaccination recover completely with rest and simple treatment. However, myocar...

PASC Dashboard: Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infections (PASC) Estimates and Insights

The American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R) has undertaken comprehensive efforts to support our call for a national plan to address Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC or Long COVID) and the millions Americans it is affecting. The PASC D...

Motivational Interviewing: Evidence-based Framework to Discuss COVID-19 Vaccinations

This presentation discusses utilization of motivational interviewing techniques to discuss COVID-19 vaccines. This is SCCM curated COVID-19 microlearning content.