Optimizing Supportive Care in COVID-19 Patients: A Multidisciplinary Approach

Optimizing Supportive Care in COVID-19 Patients: A Multidisciplinary Approach

Within just a few months, SARS-CoV-2 has evolved from a virtually unknown pathogen to a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. As COVID-19 infection can affect multiple organ systems, treating many manifestations and complications requires clinical expertise across the healthcare profes...

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Published in:Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare 2020-01, Vol.13, p.877-880
Main Authors: Haleeqa, Mohamed Abu, Alshamsi, Iman, habib, Ammar Al, Noshi, Mohamed, Abdullah, Shazia, Kamour, Ashraf, Ibrahim, Halah
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
Anticoagulants
Anticoagulants (Medicine)
anticoagulation
Collaboration
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Disease control
Health aspects
Hospital patients
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Hypoxia
Infection
Infections
Infectious diseases
Influenza
Internal medicine
interprofessional collaboration
Lung diseases
Mortality
Pandemics
Pathogens
Patients
Pneumonia
prone positioning
Rehabilitation
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Strategic planning (Business)
supportive care
United Arab Emirates
ventilation
Ventilators
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Summary:Within just a few months, SARS-CoV-2 has evolved from a virtually unknown pathogen to a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. As COVID-19 infection can affect multiple organ systems, treating many manifestations and complications requires clinical expertise across the healthcare professional spectrum. Therefore, interprofessional and multidisciplinary collaboration should form the cornerstone of every hospital's COVID-19 management approach. In this manuscript, we discuss the non-microbial management strategies for our COVID-19 inpatient population. Specifically, through an inter-professional and collaborative approach to care delivery, we provide rationale and guidance on prone positioning, oxygen strategies, early mobilization, identifying and treating co-infections, anticoagulation and ensuring appropriate psychological support for patients and their families. It is our hope that these recommendations help supporting clinician management decisions to best care for hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the region and worldwide. Keywords: COVID-19, interprofessional collaboration, anticoagulation, ventilation, prone positioning, supportive care
ISSN:1178-2390
1178-2390