SCCM/ESICM Guidelines on COVID-19

The Society of Critical Care Medicine and the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine came together for these guidelines regarding COVID-19. Thank goodness they didn’t include 30cc/kg bolus for an elevated lactate 🤣. I figure this will be revised as more data comes out in the upcoming weeks, especially regarding the therapies as Kaletra was recently mostly disproven to have a benefit. 

Many of the recommendations included are not new to us who are on the cutting edge of Critical Care medicine but it’s always good to share concepts such as conservative fluid management , using balanced crystalloids over 0.9% saline, not using dopamine. They have relaxed their MAP goals. I wonder if that has to do with the new trials on MAP goals in the elderly since this predominantly affects the elderly. Hmmmm need to look into that some more. They also stress the importance of proning patients. If your shop doesn’t prone, I have posts and guidelines for this on this page and my website. 

I’ll try hard to answer your questions but there’s a lot going on and I’m quite busy with a number of other tasks I’m helping out with. Best of luck to you all!

- EJ

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