ArticleCritical care medicine2020
Surviving Sepsis Campaign: Guidelines on the Management of Critically Ill Adults with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Novel Extracorporeal Treatment to Modulate Hyperinflammation in COVID-19 Patients
CRI and Continuous Assessment of Hemodynamic Compensation to Guide Fluid and Pressor Management in Severely Ill Patients With COVID-19
High-Flow Nasal Therapy Versus Conventional Oxygen Therapy in Patients With COVID-19: A Randomized Controlled Trial (The COVID-HIGH Trial)
Who cites it
462 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- External validity limitations of randomized trials cited in adult critical care clinical practice guidelines: a systematic review of guidelines published from 2015 to 2020.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Intracranial hemorrhage in patients treated for SARS-CoV-2 with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of critical care · 2023Pooled it
- Effect of corticosteroid therapy on mortality in COVID-19 patients-A systematic review and meta-analysis.Reviews in medical virology · 2022Pooled it
- The role of routine SARS-CoV-2 screening of healthcare-workers in acute care hospitals in 2020: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2022Pooled it
- Early spontaneous breathing for acute respiratory distress syndrome in individuals with COVID-19.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Usefulness of low tidal volume ventilation strategy for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2022Pooled it
- International alliance and AGREE-ment of 71 clinical practice guidelines on the management of critical care patients with COVID-19: a living systematic review.Journal of clinical epidemiology · 2022Pooled it
- Adherence of Clinical Practice Guidelines for Pharmacologic Treatments of Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19 to Trustworthy Standards: A Systematic Review.JAMA network open · 2021Pooled it
- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Critical care (London, England) · 2021Pooled it
- Risk of Transmitting Coronavirus Disease 2019 During Nebulizer Treatment: A Systematic Review.Journal of aerosol medicine and pulmonary drug delivery · 2021Pooled it
- Oral Melatonin in Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19: A Quasi-Experimental Pragmatic Trial.Journal of medical virology · 2026Trial
- High-velocity nasal insufflation versus noninvasive positive pressure ventilation for moderate acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the emergency department: A randomized clinical trial.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2025Trial
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- Restrictive fluids versus standard care in adults with sepsis in the emergency department (REFACED): A multicenter, randomized feasibility trial.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2022Trial
- Predictors of Respiratory Support Use in Emergency Department Patients With COVID-19-Related Respiratory Failure.Respiratory care · 2022Trial
- Efficacy of convalescent plasma therapy in the patient with COVID-19: a randomised control trial (COPLA-II trial).BMJ open · 2022Trial
- Efficacy of interferon beta-1a plus remdesivir compared with remdesivir alone in hospitalised adults with COVID-19: a double-bind, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial.The Lancet. Respiratory medicine · 2021Trial
- A Retrospective Analysis of Inhaled Nitric Oxide and Outcomes in Mechanically Ventilated Patients with COVID-19 ARDS.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- A best evidence summary of anticoagulation management for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in adults.Medicine · 2026Article
- Procalcitonin Levels in ICU Patients with SARS-CoV-2-Associated Viral Sepsis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the cause of a rapidly spreading illness, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), affecting thousands of people around the world. Urgent guidance for clinicians caring for the sickest of these patients is needed.
methodsWe formed a panel of 36 experts from 12 countries. All panel members completed the World Health Organization conflict of interest disclosure form. The panel proposed 53 questions that are relevant to the management of COVID-19 in the ICU. We searched the literature for direct and indirect evidence on the management of COVID-19 in critically ill patients in the ICU. We identified relevant and recent systematic reviews on most questions relating to supportive care. We assessed the certainty in the evidence using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach, then generated recommendations based on the balance between benefit and harm, resource and cost implications, equity, and feasibility. Recommendations were either strong or weak, or in the form of best practice recommendations.
resultsThe Surviving Sepsis Campaign COVID-19 panel issued 54 statements, of which four are best practice statements, nine are strong recommendations, and 35 are weak recommendations. No recommendation was provided for six questions. The topics were: 1) infection control, 2) laboratory diagnosis and specimens, 3) hemodynamic support, 4) ventilatory support, and 5) COVID-19 therapy.
conclusionThe Surviving Sepsis Campaign COVID-19 panel issued several recommendations to help support healthcare workers caring for critically ill ICU patients with COVID-19. When available, we will provide new evidence in further releases of these guidelines.
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