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Updated guidance on the management of COVID-19: From an american thoracic society/european respiratory society coordinated international task force (29 July 2020): From an american thoracic society/european respiratory society coordinated international task force (29 July 2020)

  • Chunxue Bai
  • , Sanjay H. Chotirmall
  • , Jordi Rello
  • , George A. Alba
  • , Leo C. Ginns
  • , Jerry A. Krishnan
  • , Robert Rogers
  • , Elisabeth Bendstrup
  • , Pierre-Regis Burgel
  • , James D. Chalmers
  • , Abigail Chua
  • , Kristina A. Crothers
  • , Abhijit Duggal
  • , Yeon Wook Kim
  • , John G. Laffey
  • , Carlos M. Luna
  • , Michael S. Niederman
  • , Ganesh Raghu
  • , Julio A. Ramirez
  • , Jordi Riera
  • Oriol Roca, Maximiliano Tamae-Kakazu, Antoni Torres, Richard R. Watkins, Miriam Barrecheguren, Mirko Belliato, Hassan A. Chami, Rongchang Chen, Gustavo A. Cortes-Puentes, Charles Delacruz, Margaret M. Hayes, Leo M. A. Heunks, Steven R. Holets, Catherine L. Hough, Sugeet Jagpal, Kyeongman Jeon, Takeshi Johkoh, May M. Lee, Janice Liebler, Gerry N. McElvaney, Ari Moskowitz, Richard A. Oeckler, I. igo Ojanguren, Anthony O’regan, Mathias W. Pletz, Chin Kook Rhee, Marcus J. Schultz, Enrico Storti, Charlie Strange, Carey C. Thomson, Francesca J. Torriani, Xun Wang, Wim Wuyts, Tao Xu, Dawei Yang, Ziqiang Zhang, Kevin C. Wilson*
*Corresponding author for this work
  • Fudan University
  • Shanghai Respiratory Research Institution, Shanghai, China.
  • Nanyang Technological University
  • Vall d’Hebron Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain.
  • CIBER - Center for Biomedical Research Network
  • Department of Neurology, Nîmes University Hospital, Nîmes, France
  • Harvard University
  • University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Aarhus University
  • Université Paris 5
  • School of Medicine Centre for Cardiovascular and Lung Biology, Division of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, Dundee, UK
  • Stony Brook University
  • VA Puget Sound Health Care System
  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation
  • Seoul National University
  • University of Galway
  • Universidad de Buenos Aires
  • Cornell University
  • University of Washington
  • University of Louisville
  • Autonomous University of Barcelona
  • Michigan State University
  • University of Barcelona
  • Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
  • Division of Infectious Diseases, Cleveland Clinic Akron General, Akron, OH, USA.
  • IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico San Matteo - Pavia
  • American University of Beirut
  • Southern University of Science and Technology
  • Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN
  • Yale University
  • Amsterdam UMC - University of Amsterdam
  • Oregon Health and Science University
  • Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick
  • Sungkyunkwan University
  • Dept of Radiology, Kansai Rosai Hospital, Amagaski, Japan.
  • University of Southern California
  • Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
  • Friedrich Schiller University Jena
  • The Catholic University of Korea
  • Ospedale Maggiore
  • Medical University of South Carolina
  • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA, USA
  • University of California at San Diego
  • Nanjing Medical University
  • KU Leuven
  • Qingdao University
  • Tongji University
  • Boston University
  • Shanghai Respiratory Research Institution
  • Pediatric Neurology
  • Nimes University Hospital
  • University of Dundee School of Medicine
  • Division of Infectious Diseases
  • Kansai Rosai Hospital
  • Beaumont Hospital, Dublin
  • University of Amsterdam
  • Mount Auburn Hospital

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Abstract

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2. Consensus suggestions can standardise care, thereby improving outcomes and facilitating future research. Methods: An International Task Force was composed and agreement regarding courses of action was measured using the Convergence of Opinion on Recommendations and Evidence (CORE) process. 70% agreement was necessary to make a consensus suggestion. Results: The Task Force made consensus suggestions to treat patients with acute COVID-19 pneumonia with remdesivir and dexamethasone but suggested against hydroxychloroquine except in the context of a clinical trial; these are revisions of prior suggestions resulting from the interim publication of several randomised trials. It also suggested that COVID-19 patients with a venous thromboembolic event be treated with therapeutic anticoagulant therapy for 3 months. The Task Force was unable to reach sufficient agreement to yield consensus suggestions for the post-hospital care of COVID-19 survivors. The Task Force fell one vote shy of suggesting routine screening for depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. Conclusions: The Task Force addressed questions related to pharmacotherapy in patients with COVID-19 and the post-hospital care of survivors, yielding several consensus suggestions. Management options for which there is insufficient agreement to formulate a suggestion represent research priorities.
Original languageEnglish
Article number200287
Pages (from-to)1-15
Number of pages15
JournalEuropean respiratory review
Volume29
Issue number157
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Sept 2020

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